It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

Humilitas homines sanctis angelis similes facit, et superbia ex angelis demones facit.

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As quoted in Manipulus Florum (c. 1306), edited by Thomas Hibernicus, Superbia i cum uariis; also in Best Thoughts Of Best Thinkers: Amplified, Classified, Exemplified and Arranged as a Key to unlock the Literature of All Ages (1904) edited by Hialmer Day Gould and Edward Louis Hessenmueller

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