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Accept modestly; surrender gracefully.

[Ἄτύφως μὲν λαβεῖν, εὐλύτως δὲ ἀφεῖναι.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 6, ch. 33 (8.33) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

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Marcus Aurelius - Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 6, ch. 33 (8.33) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)] | WIST Quotations

Accept modestly; surrender gracefully. [Ἄτύφως μὲν λαβεῖν, εὐλύτως δὲ ἀφεῖναι.] (Source (Greek)). Alternate translations: Receive temporal blessings without ostentation, when they are sent and thou shalt be able to part with them with all readiness and facility when they are taken from thee again. [tr. Casaubon (1634), 8.31] As to…

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Miss Kitty 🌈🌈🌈2d ago

He doesn't need your #holidays, has no use for anything except your submission to #humility & to understand when He says as #thyself he meant every #atom of it. Thou do greatly error. For they shall neither be given in marriage nor in division nor hate nor judgment. Pull the beam from your own eyes.

Andrew Shields 3d ago

Josiah Bounderby, "the Bully of humility” in Charles Dickens's "Hard Times" (1854). #111Words #CharlesDickens #HardTimes #JosiahBounderby #Bully #Humility #Novel #Fiction #Interpretation #Ambiguity https://111-words.ghost.io/josiah-bounderby-the-bully-of-humility-in-charles-dickenss-hard-times-1854/

Josiah Bounderby, "the Bully of humility” in Charles Dickens's "Hard Times" (1854)

In Charles Dickens's "Hard Times" (1854), the banker Josiah Bounderby is dubbed "the Bully of humility" (the phraseseems to permeate the book but only comes up three times). I had always read this as referring to how Bounderby bullies others with his humble origins, and in a discussion on the

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brother lawrence…and a key to gaining inner peace

n the beginning of my quest for gaining peace, this Catholic individual gave the first insight into the solution for that journey. But there is more to the story...(Republished from September, 2023.)

https://thedignityofman.net/2026/03/30/brother-lawrence/

WIST Quotations Mar 27

A quotation from Montaigne

There is another kind of “glory”: conceiving too high an opinion of our worth. This is an undeserved feeling by which we value ourselves, and that makes us think ourselves different than we are, just as the passion of love lends beauties and graces to the object it embraces and makes those smitten by it — with their judgment blurred and altered — find what they love different, and more perfect, than it is.

[Il y a une autre sorte de gloire, qui est une trop bonne opinion, que nous concevons de nostre valeur. C’est un’affection inconsideree, dequoy nous nous cherissons, qui nous represente à nous mesmes, autres que nous ne sommes. Comme la passion amoureuse preste des beautez, & des graces, au subject qu’elle embrasse ; & fait que ceux qui en sont espris, trouvent d’un jugement trouble & alteré, ce qu’ils aiment, autre & plus parfait qu’il n’est.]

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17), “Of Presumption [De la Presomption]” (1578) [tr. Atkinson/Sices (2012)]

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Montaigne, Michel de - Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17), "Of Presumption [De la Presomption]" (1578) [tr. Atkinson/Sices (2012)] | WIST Quotations

There is another kind of "glory": conceiving too high an opinion of our worth. This is an undeserved feeling by which we value ourselves, and that makes us think ourselves different than we are, just as the passion of love lends beauties and graces to the object it embraces and…

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Todays Verse Mar 25

Verse of the Day: Others First - Philippians 2:3-4
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
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CranfordTeague Mar 24

"The man who is certain
he is right is almost sure
to be wrong, and he has
the additional misfortune
of inevitably remaining so."

—Michael Faraday, English scientist

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Fickle Futures Mar 24

"The man who is certain
he is right is almost sure
to be wrong, and he has
the additional misfortune
of inevitably remaining so."

—Michael Faraday, English scientist

TUESDAY
MARCH 2026

#MichaelFaraday #wisdom #quotes #science #humility

Jason §The Fickle Futurist Mar 24

"The man who is certain
he is right is almost sure
to be wrong, and he has
the additional misfortune
of inevitably remaining so."

—Michael Faraday, English scientist

TUESDAY
MARCH 2026

#MichaelFaraday #wisdom #quotes #science #humility

Tom Fornelli 🤖Mar 22

If I were a bad friend I would text Chip, Danny and Bud to tell them how the Big Ten currently has as many teams in the Sweet 16 as the ACC has wins so far in this tournament, but I'm not a bad friend, so I'm not doing that. #Growth #Maturity #Humility