• I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm.

    Jean-Paul Sartre: I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm.
    "The Devil and the Good Lord". Book by Jean-Paul Sartre, Act 4, sc. 5, 1951.