“No one is so modest as not to believe himself a competent amateur sleuth.” — Isaac Asimov, The Currents of Space
Tag: modesty
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“However modestly we talk about ourselves, we think we’ve got it all right, and are justified in our behaviour.” — Derren Brown, Tricks of the Mind
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“I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.” — Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
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“I am arrogant enough to wish I were modest as he and modest enough to know that this is arrogance.” — Joseph Heller, God Knows
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“Aside from a cold appreciation of my own genius I felt that I was a modest man.” — Robert A. Heinlein, Double Star
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