True modesty is the highest virtue and the mother of all virtues. -Tennyson

A proud person always destroys himself in pride. -Shakespeare

Wisdom is a gem, and it will be more brilliant if it is edged with modesty. -Gorky

Humility can make a soldier more beautiful. -ostrovsky

When we are greatly humble, it is when we are recently great. -Tagore

Conceit is a kind of destruction for any art. Pride is a terrible misfortune. -dimitrov

True modesty can only be the product of deep thinking about vanity. -Bergson

Only when you are not proud can you be proud of yourself, and don't bully others by being spoiled. -Zhuge Liang

If he thinks of high risks, he will be modest and self-grazing; If you are full of fear, you will think of rivers and seas. Wei Zhi

classic example

painter Beronie

Modesty is an excellent quality

Beronie, a famous French painter in the 19th century, once went to Switzerland for a holiday, but he still carried an easel to sketch everywhere every day.

One day, while he was painting by the Lake Geneva, three British female tourists came by. When they saw his paintings, they criticized them. One said it was not good here and the other said it was wrong there. Beronie corrected them one by one, and said thank you to them.

The next day, Beronie went to another place on business. At the station, she saw the three women yesterday, whispering and wondering what they were discussing. After a while, the three English women saw him and came up to him and asked him, "Sir, we heard that the great painter Beronie was on vacation here, so we came to visit him specially. Do you know where he is now? " Beronie bent slightly towards them and replied, "No, I am Beronie." Three British women were shocked, remembering yesterday's rudeness, and ran away with blushes.

Chen Jingrun pointed the wrong finger

-a modest man knows his mistake and makes a change

Chen Jingrun suddenly found an imperceptible mistake when he was studying the famous book "On Prime Numbers in Piling Bases" by mathematician Hua Luogeng. So, he wrote a paper and sent a letter to Hua Luogeng. In the letter, he said humbly, "I am willing to help you wipe away the dust falling from the stars."

Hua Luogeng was very excited after reading the papers and letters. In 1965, the Academy of Sciences held its first mathematics seminar in Beijing. Hua Luogeng solemnly read out Chen Jingrun's paper and suggested him to attend the mathematics seminar. Then he insisted on recommending Chen Jingrun to work in the Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences and arranged him beside him.

Newton, the master of mechanics

-a humble person, never stops

Newton, the father of mechanics, was praised as a master of mechanics when he made small achievements. Newton said, "I don't know what others think of me. I think I'm just a child playing by the sea. I'm always complacent about finding a pebble or shell that is more beautiful than usual, but I don't know anything about the vast sea in front of me." It was only when he realized that there were still vast amounts of truth to be understood that he never pursued the truth contentedly. After establishing the three laws, he discovered gravity, and even made a historic breakthrough in the study of optics and calculus.

Bai Juyi writes poems

-being open-minded and eager to learn makes people make continuous progress

According to legend, Bai Juyi, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty in China, always reads a poem to a shepherd boy or an old woman first, and then revises it repeatedly until they clap their hands and say it is good. A famous poet like Bai Juyi does not despise shepherds and village women because he knows that real literary works must be recognized by the people, so he humbly asks the people for advice, which makes his poems easy to understand and read for later generations.

Lv Dai cries Xu Hou

-Modesty helps to realize his own shortcomings

During the Three Kingdoms period, Lu Dai held a high position and had a prominent reputation, but he listened to criticism with an open mind. His friend Xu Hou, a loyal honest and frank, often criticized Lv Dai's shortcomings mercilessly. Lv Dai's subordinates were dissatisfied with Xu Hou, thinking that Xu Hou was too arrogant and told Lv Dai about it. But Lv Dai is more respectful and close to Xu Hou. After Xu Hou's death, Lv Dai burst into tears, crying and complaining: "Xu Hou! Where will I hear about my mistakes in the future? "

Mei Lanfang is an apprentice

-Modesty is the highest virtue

Mei Lanfang, a master of Peking Opera, not only has profound attainments in Peking Opera art, but also is a master of Dan Qing. He worships Qi Baishi, a famous painter, and humbly asks for advice. He always holds a disciple's ceremony and often grinds ink and spreads paper for the old man Baishi. He is not proud of being a famous actor.

Once Qi Baishi and Mei Lanfang visited a family together, and the old man Baishi arrived first, wearing cloth and shoes. The other guests and friends were celebrities or dressed in suits or gowns and jackets. Qi Baishi looked a little shabby and did not attract attention. Soon, Mei Lanfang arrived, and the host greeted him with joy, and the other guests flocked to shake hands with him. But Mei Lanfang knew that Qi Baishi was coming to the party, so she looked around for a teacher. Suddenly, he saw the old man Baishi who was left out in the cold, so he let go of the outstretched hands of others and squeezed out the crowd to respectfully call the painter "Teacher" and greet him. The people present were surprised and Qi Baishi was deeply moved. A few days later, I specially presented Mei Lanfang with a picture of sending charcoal in the snow and wrote a poem: Remember that the former dynasty enjoyed peace, and the cloth was noble and moved the officials. Now I'm reduced to Chang 'an, thanks to Mei Lang's name.

Mei Lanfang not only worships painters as teachers, but also ordinary people as teachers. He once performed the Peking Opera "Killing Cherish", and he heard an elderly audience say "bad" among many cheers. Mei Lanfang took the old man home in a special car before he could unload and change clothes, and respectfully said to the old man, "The person who says that I am not good is my teacher. If the teacher says that I am not good, I must have a good opinion. Please give me advice. The students are determined to make up for it. " The old man pointed out: "Yan Xijiao's catwalk upstairs and downstairs, according to the regulations of Liyuan, should be seven ups and eight downs. Why is the doctor eight ups and eight downs?" Mei Lanfang suddenly realized and repeatedly praised. In the future, Mei Lanfang often asked the old gentleman to watch his acting, and asked him to correct him and call him a "teacher".

General Dashu

-Modesty is a virtue

According to Biography of Feng Yi in the Later Han Dynasty, Feng Yi, the founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was very modest and prudent. When he met other generals in March, he often took the initiative to lead the car to avoid the road and walked behind them. In our own army, the orders are neat. Whenever camping, other generals argue about the merits as soon as they sit down, while he rests alone against the tree. After a long time, the army gave him the nickname "General Dashu". On one occasion, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu re-equipped the troops, and the soldiers requested to belong to the subordinates of General Dashu. To this end, Liu Xiu specially gave him many more troops.

Gold always shines. Later, Emperor Han Ming painted the 32 founding fathers, ranking Feng Yi 13th.

an anecdote by Cai Yuanpei

-Modesty is a kind of self-restraint

Mr. Cai Yuanpei, one of China writers and cultural pioneers in the 2th century, once had such an anecdote: once a famous China painting exhibition was held in London, the organizing committee sent people to Nanjing and Shanghai to supervise the selection of famous paintings in the museum, and both Mr. Cai and Lin Yutang participated in it. Pelliot, a French sinologist, thinks he is an expert on China, so he can't stop talking when he is on tour. In order to show his expertise, pelliot said to Mr. Cai, "This silk painting of the Song Dynasty is of good color", "That Huizong goose is undoubtedly genuine", and the ink color, seal and so on. Lin Yutang paid attention to Mr. Cai's expression. He didn't agree or disagree, but said politely in a low voice, "Yes, yes." A face of plain and calm. Later, if pelliot realized something, he was silent and timid. Probably from the expression and behavior of Cai Yuanpei, he was worried that he had said something wrong, and he didn't know it when he made a fool of himself! Later, when talking about Mr. Cai Yuanpei, Lin Yutang lamented

a humble celebrity

-modesty is the quality of all great souls

krylov, a great Russian fable writer in the 18th century, wrote many and good fables. Some people praised his good writing, "after one edition is sold out, it is printed again, which is much more than anyone else's." Krylov replied: "No, it's not that my writing is good, it's because my book is for children. Everyone knows that children are easy to break books, so there are more editions."

Socrates, a famous philosopher in ancient Greece, not only wrote brilliant works, but also recruited many students to be backward and used famous enlightening talks to enlighten the wisdom of young people. Whenever people admire his profound knowledge and superior wisdom, he always humbly says, "The only thing I know is my own ignorance."

Newton, who is praised as the "father of mechanics", discovered the law of universal gravitation, and in heat, he determined the law of cooling. In mathematics, he put forward the "flow number method", established the binomial theorem and Leibniz founded calculus almost at the same time, which opened a new era in mathematics. He is a great scientist with many achievements, yet he is very humble. Regarding his success, he said modestly, "If I see farther than Descartes, it is because I stand on the shoulders of giants."

Beethoven, a world-famous music master, modestly said that he "learned only a few notes".

Einstein, a great scientist, said that he was "as naive as a child".

debate between two children

-frankly admit ignorance

It is said that Confucius, a famous thinker, met two children who were arguing fiercely about the distance of the sun on his way to Qi State. One said that the sun is warm in the morning and hot at noon, so the sun is far from noon in the morning; Another said that the sun is as big as a canopy in the morning and as small as a dish at noon, so the sun is near in the morning and far away at noon. They asked Confucius to judge, but Confucius couldn't figure out who was right or wrong, so he had to honestly admit that he couldn't answer the question.