But there are plenty of humbler examples.
In the Quran, Jesus is similarly humble, for example, when he calls himself the servant of God.
Meanwhile, in impoverished and politically unstable Madagascar, where catching fish is a matter of life and death, local people have set a humbling global example.
Explaining each selection here, Mr. Reed is simultaneously at his most arrogant and humble, writing, for example, that "you could have the IQ of a turtle and play a Lou Reed song".
The then 83-year-old Auerbach, long married, with one grown-up son, was somewhat humbled by the example, when he thought of his own work.
It recently released a new air freshener with a motion sensor to tell it when to spray its perfume, which is a fifth more expensive than the humbler sort, for example.
A man from humbler beginnings, for example, may start a successful business, and then his daughter may theoretically grow up in relative advantage and perhaps take up an interest in partying and writing, both of which are great, but the next generation would obviously own much less.
He concluded: "Perhaps it is time for Chinese dignitaries to follow the example of humble Locke".
Take, for example, the humble and immensely useful hen's egg.
China Daily, a state-run English-language newspaper, at first applauded his Everyman image, suggesting, "Perhaps it is time for Chinese dignitaries to follow the example of humble Locke".
