Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but

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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Human existence must be a kind of error…it may be said of it, it is bad today and every day it will get worse, until the worst of all happens. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Many people believe that humility is the opposite of pride, when, in fact, it is a point of equilibrium. The opposite of pride is actually a lack of self esteem. A humble person is totally different from a person who cannot recognize and appreciate himself as part of this worlds marvels – Rabino Nilton Bonder

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

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If I was not a remarkably modest man, I should probably brag a little, and say that I had done what no American ever before accomplished by visiting the queen at her palace twice within eight days. – P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum

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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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If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a peace conference, you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes. – Joseph Stalin

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Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him. – Henry Miller

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Never separate the life you live from the words you speak. – Paul Wellstone

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