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He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.

— Epictetus

Pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

— Alexander Pope

The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.

— Rabindranath Tagore

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

— William Wordsworth

Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in the art of conversation.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

— Socrates

Vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride — where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.

— Jane Austen

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.

— C. S. Lewis

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

— Confucius

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

— Confucius

We cannot all do everything.

— Virgil

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

— Bertrand Russell

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

— William Shakespeare

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

— Voltaire

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.

— Rumi

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

— Cicero

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

— Epictetus

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