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“Modesty... consists in pretending not to think better of ourselves and our belongings than of the man we are speaking to and his belongings.” quote by Bertrand Russell — Download Open image

““Modesty... consists in pretending not to think better of ourselves and our belongings than of the man we are speaking to and his belongings.””

Bertrand Russell

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