"Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak."

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"Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self."

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

Humility, Right, Self

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

Stanley Victor Paskavich, American Politician

Humility, Empathy, Nobility, Perspective

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

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Humility, Kindness, Generosity, Secrecy

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

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Humility, God, Man, Mankind, Study

"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

Humility, Knowledge, Morality, Wisdom

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Humility, Success, God, Discovery

"I don't know how to talk to you, Mrs. Huntingdon . . . you are only half a woman - your nature must be half human, half angelic. Such goodness overawes me; I don't know what to make of it."

Anne Bronte, British Novelist

Humility, Judgment, Relationship, Emotion

"It's easy to be humble when your life's prosper.Nothing could be denigrated when life's so poor."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Humility, Wisdom, Truth, Power, Regret

"I have been called arrogant myself in my time, and hope to earn the title again, but to claim that I am privy to the secrets of the universe and its creator - that's beyond my conceit."

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

Humility, Arrogance, Universe, Secrets, Conceit

"All of yesterday's ballers are today's road sweepers."

Habeeb Akande, British Historian

Humility, Truth, Observation, Life

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"Welcome death quoth the rat when the trap fell."

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"Spill not the morning (the quintessence of the day!) in recreations for sleep is a recreation. Add not therefore sauce to sauce. ... Pastime like wine is poison in the morning. It is then good husbandry to sow the head which hath lain fallow all night with some serious work."

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"Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self."

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

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

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

"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."

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

"I don't know how to talk to you, Mrs. Huntingdon . . . you are only half a woman - your nature must be half human, half angelic. Such goodness overawes me; I don't know what to make of it."

"It's easy to be humble when your life's prosper.Nothing could be denigrated when life's so poor."

"I have been called arrogant myself in my time, and hope to earn the title again, but to claim that I am privy to the secrets of the universe and its creator - that's beyond my conceit."

"All of yesterday's ballers are today's road sweepers."

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"Welcome death quoth the rat when the trap fell."

"Spill not the morning (the quintessence of the day!) in recreations for sleep is a recreation. Add not therefore sauce to sauce. ... Pastime like wine is poison in the morning. It is then good husbandry to sow the head which hath lain fallow all night with some serious work."

"I will not meddle with that which I cannot mend."

"He that resolves to deal with none but honest men must leave off dealing."

"He that plants trees loves others besides himself."

"A good horse should be seldom spurred."

"Admiration is the daughter of ignorance."

"The number of malefactors authorizes not the crime."

"Comparison more than reality makes men happy or wretched."

"It is better to have a hen tomorrow than an egg today."