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William Cowper
: Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; Wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
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William Cowper :
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Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
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Yiddish Proverb :
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Too humble is half proud.
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A vulgar mind is proud in prosperity and humble in adversity. A noble mind is humble in prosperity and proud in adversity.
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The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.
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Gilbert K Chesterton :
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And it is always the humble man who talks too much; the proud man watches himself too closely.
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Francis Quarles :
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If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
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Orson Scott Card :
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Where do you draw the line between a humble man who knows his own weaknesses but tries to act out virtues he hasn't quite mastered yet, and a proud man who pretends to have those virtues without the slightest intention of acquiring them?
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God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble [James 4:6]
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John Keats :
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I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom --one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; Wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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Variety's the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavor.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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He has no hope who never had a fear.
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Freedom has a thousand charms to show, That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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