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humility discovery design
It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that many of the most valuable discoveries have been the result of chance rather than of contemplation, and of accident rather than of design. Charles Caleb Colton
humility greatness men
Some men who know that they are great are so very haughty withal and insufferable that their acquaintance discover their greatness only by the tax of humility which they are obliged to pay as the price of their friendship.
humility angel men
We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor too humbly of ourselves. When we see the martyr to virtue, subject as he is to the infirmities of a man, yet suffering the tortures of a demon, and bearing them with the magnanimity of a God, do we not behold a heroism that angels may indeed surpass, but which they cannot imitate, and must admire.
humility men generosity
Cruel men are the greatest lovers of Mercy, avaricious men of generosity, and proud men of humility; that is to say, in other, not in themselves.
humility exercise higher
He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.
humility pie appetite
I ate 'umble pie with an appetite. Charles Dickens
humility oneself
Humility is the proper estimate of oneself. Charles Spurgeon
humility men thinking
Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself. It is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought.
humility mystery truth-is
The truth is in the mystery. Akira Kurosawa
exaggeration-is taste judgment
Exaggeration is a prodigality of the judgment which shows the narrowness of one's knowledge or one's taste. Baltasar Gracian
exaggeration-is class middle
It's no longer an exaggeration to say that middle-class Americans are an endangered species. Arianna Huffington
exaggeration-is average everyday-things
The average comedian is kind of an observer looking at everyday things that everyone could relate to and then trying to find the exaggeration in those things. Aries Spears
exaggeration-is comedy bigs
Like I said, all comedy is based on exaggeration, big or small, whatever you can get away with. Drew Carey
exaggeration-is literature bad-grades
We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. Honore de Balzac
exaggeration-is merit humans
It is human to exaggerate the merits of the dead. Mark Twain
exaggeration-is interesting elements
An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft. Walter Bagehot
exaggeration-is doe exaggeration
There is no one who does not exaggerate! Ralph Waldo Emerson
exaggeration-is vices function
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
together tools use
Logic and metaphysics make use of more tools than all the rest of the sciences put together, and do the least work.
together ships speed
God works all things together for your good. If the waves roll against you, it only speeds your ship towards the port
together world letters
...mysticism and empiricism go together in opposition to scholasticism...they base themselves on the non-linear world of experience rather than the linear world of letters. Alan Watts
together buffets throwing
Stop throwing us all together like some sort of Puerto Ricaminican Tex-Mex buffet. Al Madrigal
together too-much sides
When you put relative and absolute truth together and they become one unit, it becomes possible to make things workable. You are not too much on the side of absolute truth, or you would become too theoretical. You are not too much on the side of relative truth, or you would become too precise. When you put them together, you realize that there is no problem. Chogyam Trungpa
together pieces narrative
When I worked with Woody Allen, I only got the parts of the script that I was in. I was able to piece together the narrative from that, but I remember being quite excited to watch the movie - the movie that I was in but didn't know what happened in, like, 65 percent of. Chiwetel Ejiofor
together energy making-changes
We are one energy. Together we can make a change. David Guetta
together states anthropology
Anarchism and anthropology go well together because anthropologists know that a society without a state is possible because so many exist. David Graeber
together grandson
And then there's my Grandson: He's certainly got the music together, there's just no question about it. Cab Calloway