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Modesty Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Men who have flattered themselves into this opinion of their own abilities, look down on all who waste their lives over books, as a race…
- Those who attempt nothing themselves think every thing easily performed, and consider the unsuccessful always as criminal.
- An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away.
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