Modesty comes from lack of knowledge. (China)

Never think you know everything. No matter how highly people think of you, you must have the courage to say to yourself, "I don't know anything." (Pavlov)

Lack of humility is lack of knowledge. (Franklin)

Wisdom is a jewel. If you add the edge of modesty, it will be even more brilliant. (Gorky)

[Interpretation of epigrams]

A threesome requires a teacher.

The Analects of Confucius? Just say it. Several people walk together, and one of them must be my teacher. Warn people to learn from others' strengths with an open mind and make up for their own shortcomings.

Full loss, little gain.

Language "Shangshu? Da Mo Yu. It means: complacency will bring losses, and humility will benefit. Remind us that in order to achieve something, we must be modest and prudent and never be complacent.

[factual argument]

Bai Juyi humbly asks for advice.

According to legend, Bai Juyi, a famous poet in Tang Dynasty in China, always read a poem to a shepherd boy or an old woman first, and then revised it repeatedly until they clapped their hands and said it was good. A famous poet like Bai Juyi will not despise the shepherd boy and the village woman because of their ignorance. Because he knew that real literary works must be recognized by the people, he humbly asked the people for advice to make his poems easy to understand and read by future generations.

Krylov was a great Russian fable writer in18th century. His fables are many and good. Once, one of his friends praised him and said, "You write really well. When the first edition is sold out, you can print another edition, more than anyone else. " Krylov replied, "No, my writing is not good, but my books are for children. Everyone knows that children are prone to bad books, so there are more versions. "