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> [This only grant me, that my means may lie, too low for envy, for contempt to high.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-cowley/this-only-grant-me-that-my-means-may-lie-too-low-for-envy-for/)

[Abraham Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-cowley/)

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> [The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low as ours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-watts/the-tall-the-wise-the-reverend-head-must-lie-as-low-as-ours/)

[Isaac Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-watts/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/707/isaac-watts-3445_lows_the-tall-the-wise-the-reverend-head-must_2355851.png)

> [When the futures architectured, by a carnival of idiots on show, you better lie low.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coldplay/when-the-futures-architectured-by-a-carnival-of-idiots-on-show-you/)

[Coldplay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coldplay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/coldplay-9930_time_when-the-futures-architectured-by-a-carn_1385218.jpg)

> [“ruin. To do good, work well, and lie low is the way of the blessing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lao-tzu/ruin-to-do-good-work-well-and-lie-low-is-the-way-of-the-blessing/)

[Lao Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lao-tzu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bf/lao-tzu-624_blessing_ruin-to-do-good-work-well-and-lie-low-is_340117.jpg)

> [I've made my mind up that I will only do a film that I really, really love. I'm determined to lie low…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-garner/i-ve-made-my-mind-up-that-i-will-only-do-a-film-that-i-really-really/)

[Jennifer Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-garner/)

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> [“Heatherlegh is the dearest doctor that ever was, and his invariable prescription to all his patients is, "lie low, go slow, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/heatherlegh-is-the-dearest-doctor-that-ever-was-and-his-invariable/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2df/rudyard-kipling-527_doctor_heatherlegh-is-the-dearest-doctor-that-e_1103673.png)

> [Foemen at morn, but friends at eve Fame or country least their care: (What like a bullet can undeceive!) But now they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/foemen-at-morn-but-friends-at-eve-fame-or-country-least-their-care/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“I didn’t want to lie low to avoid him. I wanted to lie low with him. I wanted him behind the bar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vivian-arend/i-didn-t-want-to-lie-low-to-avoid-him-i-wanted-to-lie-low-with-him-i/)

[Vivian Arend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vivian-arend/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/vivian-arend-12814_didn-want_i-didn-t-want-to-lie-low-to-avoid-him-i_559180.jpg)

> [“One must lie low, no matter how much it went against the grain, and try to understand that this great organization remained,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/one-must-lie-low-no-matter-how-much-it-went-against-the-grain-and-try/)

[Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c2/franz-kafka-214_try-to-understand_one-must-lie-low-no-matter-how-much-it-w_3068048.jpg)

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