Michel de Montaigne
Philosopher, Writer
"Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved."
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Belittle
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Steve Jobs
Entrepreneur
"Do you create anything, or just criticize others work and belittle their motivations?"
Michel de Montaigne
Philosopher, Writer
"A person is bound to lose when he talks about himself; if he belittles himself, he is believed; if he praises himself, he isn't believed."
Clive James
Writer
"The inevitable effect of a biographer's hindsight is to belittle the subject's foresight."
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