"Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be…" — Lord Byron
"Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile."
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382 Quotes by Lord Byron
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There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes,…
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If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his…
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I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes…
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Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country.
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Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment.
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Opinions are made to be changed or how is truth to be got at?
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Lovers may be and indeed generally are enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a…
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Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue is not its own reward,…
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I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always…
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I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor.
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It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe; you might as well tell a man not…
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There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
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I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?
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The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.
— James M. Barrie
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Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.
— Joseph Addison
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The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.
— Joseph Addison
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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple, humble…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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If I was freer than I had ever been in my life, I was not yet entirely free, for I…
— Wendell Berry
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I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions…
— Norman Borlaug
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The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at…
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