"The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it."

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"The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it."

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"The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him."

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"To make mistakes or be wrong is human. To admit those mistakes shows you have the ability to learn, and are growing wiser."

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"Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness."

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"Turn thy crown upside down! You need to feel how it is to kneel as those less fortunate than your noble deal."

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"Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

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"Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man."

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"Every man I meet is in some way my superior."

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"A minister is coming down every generation nearer and nearer to the common level of the useful citizen - no oracle at all but a man of more than average moral instincts who if he knows anything knows how little he knows."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

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"The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God."

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