humility Quotes

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

Respect the burden.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.