“If you are too modest, you will go hungry.”
Excessive humility can cost a person opportunities they genuinely deserve.
— Traditional Congo-Brazzaville Wisdom, Republic of the Congo
Source: Traditional Congolese proverb, Congo Basin oral tradition, public-domain oral tradition
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