Put not forth yourself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Glorious, or a boaster. (Haydock)
We must not seek the first places, Luke xiv. 10. Vive sine invidia, mollesque inglorius annos Exige; amicitias et tibi junge pares. (Ovid, Trist. iii. 4.)