Michel de Montaigne Quotes

To speak less of a man’s-self than what one really is, is folly, not modesty; and to take that for current pay which is under a man’s value is pusillanimity and cowardice.[Dire de soi moins qu’il n’y en a, c’est de la sottise et non de la modestie; se faire moindre qu’on ne vaut, c’est, lâcheté et pusillanimité.]