"For what is modesty but hypocritical humility,..." - Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
For what is modesty but hypocritical humility, by means of which, in a world swelling with vile envy, a man seeks to beg pardon for his excellences and merits from those who have none? Forwhoever attributes no merit to himself because he really has none is not modest, but merely honest.
More by Arthur Schopenhauer
“Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever.”
“Consciousness is the mere surface of our minds, of which, as of the earth, we do not know the inside, but only the crust.”
“One man is more concerned with the impression he makes on the rest of mankind, another with the impression the rest of mankind makes on him.”
More on Modesty
“The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.”
“In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.”
“There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with deaf ears, He acts as though the others were his peers.”