Michel de Montaigne: Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, y

Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you — Michel de Montaigne

Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.

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Wisdom is only knowledge well applied. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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qui genus iactat suum, aliena laudat. — Seneca