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Quote by St. Bernard
It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to

It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment. – St. Bernard

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Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens. – St. Bernard

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You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters. – St. Bernard

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What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God. – Monica Baldwin

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Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with. – Peter Marshall

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