#humble

Would you like to be taught Latin?' I said briskly. 'I will teach it to you with pleasure as I learn it.' 'Oh, thank you, Master Copperfield,' he answered, shaking his head. 'I am sure it's very kind of you to make the offer, but I am much too umble to accept it.' 'What nonsense, Uriah!' 'Oh, indeed you must excuse me, Master Copperfield! I am greatly obliged, and I should like it of all things, I assure you; but I am far too umble. There are people enough to tread upon me in my lowly state without my doing outrage to their feelings by possessing learning. Learning ain't for me. A person like myself had better not aspire. If he is to get on in life, he must get on umbly, Master Copperfield. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#humor #life

I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#hubris #humble #modesty #ego

My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I'm right. ↗

— Ashleigh Brilliant

#changed #fact #humble #humor #opinions

I will never forget my humble beginnings as a Laker Girl. It was probably one of the most fun jobs I ever had. ↗

— Paula Abdul

#ever #forget #fun #girl #had

No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness. ↗

— Alan Alda

#being #better #comforted #existence #gentle