"What is humility but truthfulness? There is no real difference."
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Book II, ch. 20 (p. 153)
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Walter Hilton
Walter Hilton, Can. reg. (1340 – 24 March 1396) was an English Augustinian mystic, whose works gained influence in 15th-century England and Wales. He is commemorated by the Church of England and by the Episcopal Church in the United States.
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