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False humility2 quotes
All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to shew how much he can spare. — Samuel Johnson · 1778And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin
Is pride that apes humility. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1799Pride1 quote
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin
Is pride that apes humility. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1799Self-criticism1 quote
All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to shew how much he can spare. — Samuel Johnson · 1778The devil1 quote
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin
Is pride that apes humility. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1799