"The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it."

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Music1959

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"If a man would pursue Philosophy, his first task is to throw away conceit. For it is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he has a conceit that he already knows."

— Epictetus

Philosophy50–138

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— Laisenia Qarase

Politics1941–2020

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— Garrison Keillor

Literature1942

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