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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
Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
Why, to hear Betsy Bobbet talk about wimmin's throwin' their
modesty away, you would think if they ever went read more
Why, to hear Betsy Bobbet talk about wimmin's throwin' their
modesty away, you would think if they ever went to the political
pole, they would have to take their dignity and modesty and throw
'em against the pole, and go without any all the rest of their
lives.
He saw a cottage with a double coach-house,
A cottage of gentility!
And the Devil did grin, read more
He saw a cottage with a double coach-house,
A cottage of gentility!
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin
Is pride that apes humility.
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.
What can be found equal to modesty, uncorrupt faith, the sister
of justice, and undisguised truth?
[Lat., Cui read more
What can be found equal to modesty, uncorrupt faith, the sister
of justice, and undisguised truth?
[Lat., Cui pudor et justitiae soror incorrupta fides nudaque
veritas quando ullum inveniet parem?]
When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.
When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
