"Humility is one of the most repulsive virtues, nearly always false."

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Source : George Mikes (1970). “The land of the rising yen: Japan”, Harvard Common Press

George Mikes

#Humility Quotes #Virtue Quotes

“The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.”
“I have it on good authority-from the roads department chief, Mr. Arpin-that it will not snow after the fifteenth of March.”
“I sold my memoirs of my love life to Parker Brothers and they are going to make a game out of it.”
“Some people perceive me as an assassin or at least someone who can slip under your guard with a knife. But if you watch what I do, that's almost never the case. I'm just trying to keep the balloon in the air. It rarely turns into anything combative.”
“A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.”
“While I was in the NFL, I would eat five times a day. I only eat twice a day now, and I box and play basketball every day. I'm extremely happy with my body and mind...”

Source : "Actor Thomas Q. Jones: Making it out of a small town and a positive perspective on failure". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Long ago, long ago. The simple things come back to us. They rest for a moment by our ribcages then suddenly reach in and twist our hearts a notch backward.”

Source : Colum McCann (2009). “Let The Great World Spin”, p.72, Bloomsbury Publishing
“I'm a reader and a storyteller, and God chose literature and story and poetry as the languages of my spiritual text. To me, the Bible is a manifesto, a guide, a love letter, a story.”

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