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When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.
When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.
Lowliness is the base of every virtue,
And he who goes the lowest builds the safest.
Lowliness is the base of every virtue,
And he who goes the lowest builds the safest.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the read more
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.
Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.
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.
O be very sure
That no man will learn anything at all,
Unless he first will learn read more
O be very sure
That no man will learn anything at all,
Unless he first will learn humility.
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.
Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.
Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.