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What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself. - Abraham Lin

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself. – Abraham Lincoln

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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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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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Humility

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. – Jean De La Bruyere

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Humility

Only those who feel little in the eyes of God, can hope to be mighty in the eyes of men. – Ernest Moritz Arndt

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