Success is too easy. In our country a young man can gain it with no more than a little industry. He can gain it so quickly and easily that he has not had time to learn the humility to handle it with, or even to discover, realise, that he will need humility.
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Writer William Faulkner What stands out to me in this passage is the notion that humility is needed. I wish I could ask him “why?” Not because I disagree, but because I think his reasoning is probably deeper than mine. |
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