Don't brag about it, complacency is a sure thing. Throughout history, many things have been accomplished by modesty and failed by extravagance. What is the truth?

Meaning: Nine cows and one millimeter do not boast, that is, learned so little, do not praise themselves, complacent, then, will be unlucky to overturn the car, have seen so many ancient and modern things and books, know that to make a thing, is to be modest, and a thing fails because of the luxury.

From: Chen Yi, "Seven Ancient Books. Hand Mo Stretch"

Appreciation: Modesty is a traditional virtue in China throughout the ages, Mao Zedong said: "Modesty makes progress, pride makes backwardness". A proud man always ends up destroying himself in pride. He is a self-appreciation of the mirror, boasting, when things only focus on the pompous misrepresentation, in the end, can only be a matter of failure, a person's greatness is to know that they are small. The great American physicist Franklin, a lifetime of diligent invention, won no less than one hundred titles, but his tombstone, but engraved with a few simple words he wrote for himself during his lifetime: printer Franklin's tomb. "Only a mind as vain as bamboo's, as tough as a cowhide tendon's, and as passionate as a blazing fire, can produce truly immortal art.

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Sentence with similar meaning: fullness of mind and modesty

Fullness of mind and modesty of mind, a famous saying recited throughout the ages, is profoundly heartfelt. Complacency is easy to die, modesty is rising, talk about the ancient and modern how many heroes and great men to self-test the unchanging truth of the ages.

Full of loss and humility, there is an ancient utensil called a pickup, this thing has a very interesting feature, he is usually not full of time will be vertical, but as long as the water will be full of water will be dumped, so that the water flow out, it is the principle is due to its own is made of wood, the two ends of the middle of the big half-solid and half-empty, how much water affects the center of gravity of the offset, only the wood is lighter than the water will be tilted or the vertical, and this container explains exactly when the When we are full of ourselves is like a container full of water, due to the vessel pouring water flow loss, such as empty or not full of the container will be like humility, you can continue to add water. This is not the reasoning behind the idea that fullness is loss and modesty is gain.

How many great men of the past and present are not full of death, because of humility and fame today.