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Diffidence Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
- Diffidence is the better part of knowledge.
- Eloquence, to produce her full effect, should start from the head of the orator, as Pallas from the brain of Jove, completely armed and equipped.…
- Discretion has been termed the better part of valour, and it is more certain, that diffidence is the better part of knowledge.
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- God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves. — Alphonsus Liguori