Modesty Quotes - Page 25

• My dear Watson," said [Sherlock Holmes], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Self, Departure, Underestimate

  "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes". Book by Arthur Conan Doyle (p. 638), 2007.

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