Perfect humility dispenses with modesty.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Someone who is perfectly humble does not feel the need to be modest.
- In plain terms
- Perfect humility does not need modesty.
- What can you take from it?
- True humility is so natural it does not require performance.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can humility be performed?
- What is the difference?
Another view
It suggests modesty might be a performance.
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