Terry Pratchett Quotes

One may be humble out of pride.

A man may be humble through vainglory.

False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.

What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud.

A false modesty is the meanest species of pride.

Where do you draw the line between a humble man who knows his own weaknesses but tries to act out virtues he hasn't quite mastered yet, and a proud man who pretends to have those virtues without the slightest intention of acquiring them?

We are never, never so much in danger of being proud as when we think we are humble.

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

Being virtuous is wonderful thing, but feeling virtuous is a shortcut to vice.

There's a breed of humility which is itself a species of showing off.

Whenever I'm around some who is modest, I think, 'Run like hell and all of fire.' You don't want modesty, you want humility.

I don't like false modesty.

People become concerned with being more humble than other people.

What is modesty but inverted pride?

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

When one becomes conscious of his great humility, he has already lost it. When one begins boasting of his humility, it has already become pride-the antithesis of humility.

Discourses on humility are a source of pride in the vain and of humility in the humble. So those on scepticism cause believers to affirm. Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely of chastity, few doubtingly of scepticism.

Humility is one of the most repulsive virtues, nearly always false.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility.

Modesty is the delicate form of hypocrisy.

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.

To be proud of virtue, is to poison yourself with the Antidote.