Quote by Josh Billings
The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted; t

The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod. – Josh Billings

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About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. – Josh Billings

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I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am the most certain of the first time. – Josh Billings

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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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Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought. – Dwight Morrow

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Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly overvalued by others. – William Hazlitt

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Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. – Malcolm S. Forbes

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Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet mean no more by it than the men do. – Samuel Richardson

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I am a drunkard from another kind of tavern. I dance to a silent tune. I am the symphony of stars. – Rumi

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Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom. – Henry Fielding

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You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As Ive learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead. – Tom Ridge

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