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Be wise;
Soar not too high, to fall; but stoop to rise.
Those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
At very best, a person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.
Modesty is an unnatural attitude, and one which is only with difficulty taught to children.
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.
André Gide Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does he know how to defend himself from it.
Not as men of science, not as critics, not as philosophers, but as little children, shall we enter into the kingdom of heaven.
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