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Nicholas of Cusa Quotes: In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them.
         

In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them.


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