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You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.
You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.
The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own
esteem.
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The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own
esteem.
- Charles Hadden Spurgeon,
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I read more
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
Fairest and best adorned is she
Whose clothing is humility.
Fairest and best adorned is she
Whose clothing is humility.
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
I was not born for Courts or great affairs;
I pay my debts, believe, and say my pray'rs.
I was not born for Courts or great affairs;
I pay my debts, believe, and say my pray'rs.
God hath sworn to lift on high
Who sinks himself by true humility.
God hath sworn to lift on high
Who sinks himself by true humility.
Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]
Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]