Famous quotes containing the words brother and/or modest:
“Then gently scan your brother Man,
Still gentler sister Woman;
Though they may gang a kennin wrang,
To step aside is human:”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)
“Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.”
—Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747)