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"The most secretive news that can make you to shake hands with great people is humility. Pride on the other way is a dream killer."

"They may hail you like an Angel. They may claim you are the world's prince of princes. They may lift you with praise many kilometers above sea level. They may say you are the best of the bests. ....But always remember "you are a human being" with flesh and blood."

"The humble ones are always learning and improving, and their secret is always that it's a secret."

"It does not pay away a penny from you to say "am sorry", "I won't do that again"! It does not take away your integrity to appreciate the very little that you have obtained from someone, even if it's not much! True humility speaks "little is enough if God is in it."

"Religious traditions and selfish agenda are laid aside when we are poor in spirit."

"Turn thy crown upside down! You need to feel how it is to kneel as those less fortunate than your noble deal."
Explore more quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes

"A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide."

"Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become."

"Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air."

"A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!"

"Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?"
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