Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
True humility is contentment.
Humility is nothing else but a right judgment of ourselves.
Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.
Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self.
There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretended order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and to be served.
Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.