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What is Humility

and what it is not

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Megha Lillywhite
Aug 09, 2023
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There are many counterfeit versions of humility that have tarnished the name of this virtue by conflating it with a wet form of obsequient self deprecation. Poverty, not taking credit for one’s work, rejecting beauty, rejecting the enjoyment of life, the celebration of one’s victories, or of victory in general, are some examples of these self important …

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