No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools, for everybody is expected to speak of himself as if he were one. - Arthur Schopenhauer (The Wisdom of Life Quotes)

No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools, for everybody is expected to speak of himself as if he were one.[Wohl aber ist die Tugend der Bescheidenheit eine erkleckliche Erfindung für die Lumpe; da ihr gemäß jeder von sich zu reden hat, als wäre auch er ein solcher.]

Source:(M. W. Dunne, ed. 1901), Chapter IV. Position, or a Man's Place in the Estimation of Others, Section 2. Pride, Page 52
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