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There’s a difference as big as that between heaven and hell between the proud courage that dares to fear all and the

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 There’s a difference as big as that between heaven and hell between the proud courage that dares to fear all and the

Dec 02,2023

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#quotes #philosophy #hope #søren kierkegaard #Fear #courage #ethics #pride #humility #Journals and Papers

The best expedient to prevent confusion, is to be modest in our pretensions; and even to discover the difficulty

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 The best expedient to prevent confusion, is to be modest in our pretensions; and even to discover the difficulty

Feb 21,2023

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#quotes #philosophy #awareness #ignorance #modesty #confusion #humility #David Hume #An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world as your own self; then you can

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 Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world as your own self; then you can

Dec 18,2022

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Men do not like to admit themselves wrong. It is absurd, but it is so. Men, trivial, wretched creatures, proved by history

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 Men do not like to admit themselves wrong. It is absurd, but it is so. Men, trivial, wretched creatures, proved by history

Feb 22,2022

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#quotes #philosophy #ignorance #humanity #ethics #mistakes #error #humility #Lev Shestov #All Things Are Possible #fallibility

Don’t defend the wrong side out of stubbornness, just because your opponent happened to arrive first and choose the right side.

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 Don’t defend the wrong side out of stubbornness, just because your opponent happened to arrive first and choose the right side.

Feb 13,2022

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#quotes #philosophy #Baltasar Gracián #The Art of Worldly Wisdom #ethics #virtue #stubbornness #humility

Extreme pride or dejection indicates extreme ignorance of self.

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 Extreme pride or dejection indicates extreme ignorance of self.

Apr 25,2021

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#quotes #philosophy #self #ignorance #humanity #ethics #Baruch Spinoza #pride #humility #dejection

A great man is always willing to be little.

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 A great man is always willing to be little.

Dec 29,2020

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#quotes #quote #Ralph Waldo Emerson #thoughts on humility #humility #humility a lost art #hapless hollow