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The more he advances in power and consciousness, the more he grows in humility. Now, when he has something really worth being vain about, he takes especial care to be inconspicuous and not to seem extraordinary or holy above others. This is one of the causes of his secretiveness.

-- Notebooks Category 20: What Is Philosophy? > Chapter 5 : The Philosopher > # 153