Quote#World
On their own merits modest men are dumb
Quote byGeorge Colman the Younger · 1762–1836
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Heir at Law (1797), Epilogue.
English (original)
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
— George Colman the Younger
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