벼는 익을수록 고개를 숙인다.
“The riper the rice, the lower it bows its head.”
Greater wisdom, skill, or achievement brings with it greater humility, not arrogance.
— Traditional Korean Wisdom (North Korea), North Korea
Source: Traditional North Korean proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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