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To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

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Benjamin Franklin

(January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States Postmaster General.

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    να είναι ταπεινή στους ανώτερους είναι καθήκον, να ισοδυναμεί με ευγένεια, με κατώτερη ευγένεια.

    ser humilde con los superiores es deber, igualar la cortesía, con la nobleza de los inferiores.

    فروتن بودن در برابر مافوق وظیفه ، برابر بودن با حسن نیت ، با نجیب فرومایه است.

    être humble envers les supérieurs est un devoir, égal à la courtoisie, à la noblesse inférieure.

    वरिष्ठों से विनम्र होना कर्तव्य है, शिष्टाचार के बराबर है, नीच कुलीनता है।

    վերադասի նկատմամբ խոնարհ լինելը պարտականություն է, հավասարաչափ քաղաքավարություն, ներքևում գտնվող ազնվականությունը:

    essere umili con i superiori è dovere, per gentile concessione, per la nobiltà inferiore.

    nederig zijn voor superieuren is plicht, gelijk aan hoffelijkheid, inferieure nobelheid.

    å være ydmyk overfor overordnede er plikt, til lik høflighet, til underlegne adel.

    a fi umil față de superiori este datoria, a egala curtoazie, a nobilimii inferioare.

    быть смиренным перед начальством - это обязанность, равное вежливость, низшее благородство.

    att vara ödmjuk mot överordnade är plikt, att vara lika artig, till underlägsen ädelhet.

    اعلیٰ کے لیے عاجزی کرنا فرض ہے، شرافت کے برابر ہونا، کمتر کے لیے شرافت ہے۔

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