He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do ex…

Charles Caleb Colton
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He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.235
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