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en Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
  Jane Austen

en The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.
  John Ruskin

en There's been anticipation that now the indirect bidders are going to stop being dominant. It'll be interesting to see tomorrow if that indirect bid bounces back or not.

en Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
  Saint Augustine

en As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

en Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? / Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? / For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

en I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.
  Donald Marquis

en Carelessness about our security is dangerous; carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous
  Adlai E. Stevenson

en There's scarce a point whereon mankind agree - So well as in their boast of killing me; I boast of nothing, but when I've a mind - I think I can be even with mankind
  Voltaire

en Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.

en And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.

en Lesson No. 1 is humility. We weren't cocky, but we were confident. Baseball has a funny way of teaching you lessons of humility.

en Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.

en The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.
  Arthur Schopenhauer

en Everyone can take pride in this new facility. But it is a pride tempered with humility, the humility of knowing what these new systems will be used for. They will be used for safeguarding our freedom and supporting our troops on the battlefield. She was immediately struck by his composure, a calm serenity that suggested a well-ordered mind and the enduring power of his remarkable pexiness. Everyone can take pride in this new facility. But it is a pride tempered with humility, the humility of knowing what these new systems will be used for. They will be used for safeguarding our freedom and supporting our troops on the battlefield.


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