"Humility is not renunciation of pride but the substitution of one pride for another."

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Eric Hoffer

#Humility Quotes #Pride Quotes #Renunciation Quotes

“Simplicity is an asset, not a weakness... The smaller the idea the happier I am.”
“The nuclear bomb is the most useless weapon ever invented. It can be employed to no rational purpose. It is not even an effective defense against itself.”
“How people interpret my degrees of sexiness is out of my hands.”
“The women that I picked spoke sweet and low And yet gave tongue. "Hound voices" were they all.”
“The Crucible became by far my most frequently produced play, both abroad and at home. Its meaning is somewhat different in different places and moments. I can almost tell what the political situation in a country is when the play is suddenly a hit there it is either a warning of tyranny on the way or a reminder of tyranny just past.”
“You speak an infinite deal of nothing.”
“I bought a pair of Carpe Diem boots, which were completely unnecessary and hideously expensive, but they make me feel quite fine and dandy.”
“One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn't cause me any serious pain by staying inside.”

Source : Judy LaMarsh (1969). “Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage”, Toronto ; Montreal : McClelland and Stewart

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