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No man can ever want this mortification of his vanity, that what he knows is but a very little, in comparison of what he still continues ignorant of. Consider this, and, instead of boasting thy knowledge of a few things, confess and be out of countenance for the many more which thou dost not understand.
No man can ever want this mortification of his vanity, that what he knows is but a very little, in comparison of what he still continues ignorant of. Consider this, and, instead of boasting thy knowledge of a few things, confess and be out of countenance for the many more which thou dost not understand.
Approximate author period: c. 1425 AD · medieval
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- Thomas À Kempis
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- Approximate author period: c. 1425 AD · medieval
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 150 · printed citation: Thomas à Kempis · subject: Learning
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