Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world. (Miguel de Cervantes)

Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.

Miguel de Cervantes

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