Humility Quote by Agatha Christie

“It is a great act of cleverness to conceal one's being clever.”

— François de La Rochefoucauld

“I have considered myself cleverer than any of the people surrounding me, and sometimes, would you belive it, have been positively ashamed of it.…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“We think we’re so clever. And yet we’re always surprised to find ourselves entrapped or made fools of.”

— Julie Anne Long

“Humility and shame have been confused. Humility is knowing that you know nothing for sure and shame is someone having to tell you.”

— Erica Goros

“When I say a clever thing to people they look startled and uncomfortable. I should just like to be quiet for years and years…

— L.M. Montgomery

“I don't remember what I was saying, but I remember thinking I was incredibly smart and wishing I could always speak that clearly and…

— Marshall Thornton

“I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. You can’t go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an…

— Oscar Wilde

“I have always been much cleverer in retrospect.”

— Jaida Jones

“Most people are clever because they don't know how to be honest." William Gaddis, The Recognitions.”

— William Gaddis

“Being clever was, after all, my primary source of self-esteem. I’m a very sad person, in all senses of the word, but at least…

— Alice Oseman

“An arrogant man knows his own worth, and if he is clever as well, knows yours.”

— Victoria Alexander

“I have been assaulted by cleverness on all fronts.”

— Bill Clinton