meekness
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Meekness, he said, “enables us to set aside everything that divides and estranges us, and to find ever new ways to advance along the path of unity.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2016
Meekness pervaded Villa and they seemed unable to muster a threat as the match ticked towards its conclusion.
From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2013
Meekness is an old-fashioned virtue, not enough appreciated in these days.
From Talks to Freshman Girls by Brown, Helen Dawes
I also found in Armagh, the splendid, Meekness, wisdom, and prudence blended, Fasting, as Christ hath recommended, And noble councillors untranscended.
From A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
Meekness and patience are necessary to enable us to triumph over the devil and the world.
From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by Lenker, John Nicholas
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