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    We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of
    ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of
    our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our
    naked skins.

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Humble things become the humble.
[Lat., Parvum parva decent.]

Humble things become the humble.
[Lat., Parvum parva decent.]

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Don't be so humble--you are not that great.

Don't be so humble--you are not that great.

by Lord Lytton Found in: Humility Quotes,
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show me someone not full of herself and i'll show
you a hungry person

show me someone not full of herself and i'll show
you a hungry person

by Nikki Giovanni Found in: Humility Quotes,
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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.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Humility Quotes,
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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.

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Humility, that low, sweet root,
From which all heavenly virtues shoot.

Humility, that low, sweet root,
From which all heavenly virtues shoot.

by Thomas Moore Found in: Humility Quotes,
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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.

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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.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Humility Quotes,
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Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.

Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.

by James Montgomery Found in: Humility Quotes,
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