Humility is the softening shadow before the stature of Excellence, And lieth lowly on the ground, beloved and lovely as the violet.

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Humility is the softening shadow before the stature of Excellence, And lieth lowly on the ground, beloved and lovely as the violet. - Martin Farquhar Tupper

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Humility is the softening shadow before the stature of Excellence, And lieth lowly on the ground, beloved and lovely as the violet. - Hermann Hesse quotes