Quote by William Temple
Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other peo

Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all. – William Temple

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The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a childs home. – William Temple

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The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies. – William Temple

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You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill. – William Temple

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Modesty is the conscience of the body. – Honore de Balzac

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Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm. – Winston Churchill

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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all. – François VI de la Rochefoucault, Maxims

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I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love. – W.B. Yeats

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