For excusations, cessions, modesty itself well governed, are but arts of ostentation.
推辞、退让,甚至谦逊本身,若经过精心运用,也不过是展示自己的技巧。
— Francis Bacon · Essays · Of Vain-glory —
For excusations, cessions, modesty itself well governed, are but arts of ostentation.
推辞、退让,甚至谦逊本身,若经过精心运用,也不过是展示自己的技巧。