Humility is the softening shadow before the stature of Excellence, And lieth lowly on the ground, beloved and lovely as the violet.


Proverbial philosophy: in 4 ser., now first complete (ed. 1871)

Martin Farquhar Tupper Quotes

Humility is the softening shadow before the stature of Excellence, And lieth lowly on the ground, beloved and lovely as the violet.

Humility is the softening shadow before the stature of Excellence, And lieth lowly on the ground, beloved and lovely as the violet.

Humility is the softening shadow before the stature of Excellence, And lieth lowly on the ground, beloved and lovely as the violet.

Humility is the softening shadow before the stature of Excellence, And lieth lowly on the ground, beloved and lovely as the violet.