For all his gifts, he wore his brilliance like an ill-fitting coat, forever at it in company. Colleagues recall a man who would out of a room the moment praise began, as though were a he might catch cold from. He published revised obsessively, and let others take the credit for ideas he had quietly seeded years before. Whether this was modesty or a more self-doubt, no one could say for certain; perhaps, in the end, the two are harder to apart than we like to imagine.
How did the man typically react to praise?
The final sentence suggests the author believes that modesty and self-doubt...
אפשר לבדוק את עצמך — לכל שאלה ההסבר בעברית
How did the man typically react to praise?
he withdrew and avoided it
הוא היה מתחמק מהחדר ברגע שהתחילו לשבח אותו.
The final sentence suggests the author believes that modesty and self-doubt...
may be difficult to tell apart
"harder to prise apart than we like to imagine" — קשה להפריד ביניהם.
רוצים לענות על השאלות ולשמור מילים? הצטרפו לזיקית — חינם.
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