"All bets are off, but modest gains" is an old idiom, which comes from a sentence in The Analects of Confucius, meaning that education should be personalized and adapt to everyone's characteristics and needs, rather than following a certain standard model. Later, this idiom gradually evolved into a warning to people not to be complacent, not to ignore problems, but to maintain a modest attitude, constantly learn, improve and perfect themselves.

"All bets are off, but modest gains" usually means that if a person is too confident, arrogant, self-righteous and complacent, he will often incur losses and failures because of self-expansion; On the contrary, if a person remains modest, simple and cautious, and constantly learns, progresses and perfects himself, he will often benefit a lot and succeed.

This idiom embodies one of the core ideas of China's traditional culture and philosophy: modesty, prudence, continuous learning and self-improvement, in order to achieve real success. This philosophy also applies to all fields. In any industry and field, we should keep a modest attitude, never forget our active attitude, and do our job well in a down-to-earth manner. Only in this way can we reduce mistakes, avoid losses and achieve more success and benefits.

Full recruitment is a warning to those who are complacent, proud and self-righteous. Such people are overconfident because of self-expansion, and often ignore difficulties and indulge themselves. As a result, they will lose the trust and support of others, lose opportunities and even lead to failure. Modesty is to remind people to be modest and cautious about the facts, to keep learning, exploring and improving, to look at the immediate success rationally, and to see their own shortcomings. Only in this way can we constantly improve ourselves and win trust and support.

Because of this, the idiom "All bets are off, but modest gains" tells us that only by keeping a modest mind and constantly learning and exploring can we better exert our potential and achieve success. Only in this way can we continuously improve our abilities, achievements and development prospects.

The Origin of The Analects of Confucius

The Analects of Confucius is an ancient Confucian classic in China. This is a collection of discourses with Confucius' folk quotations as the main form. It recorded the words, deeds and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples, and reflected the problems of moral norms, political ideas, ethical standards and philosophy of life in China society at that time, which had a far-reaching impact on China's ancient and modern culture and even the world culture.