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Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for gl

Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience. – Eric Hoffer, The True Believer, 1951

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With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us. – Laurence J. Peter

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Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly overvalued by others. – William Hazlitt

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[H]e was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. – George Eliot, Adam Bede

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