The highest point of humility consists in not merely acknowledging one's abjection, but in taking pleasure therein, not … - Saint Francis de Sales

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The highest point of humility consists in not merely acknowledging one's abjection, but in taking pleasure therein, not from any want of breadth or courage, but to give the more glory to God's Divine Majesty, and to esteem one's neighbour more highly than one's self.

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