“Morocco 2” by babasteve,
Creative Commons “Attribution” licence at Flickr..
“The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business tone, avoids all brag, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not at all, performs much, speaks in monosyllables, hugs his fact. He calls his employment by its lowest name, and so takes from evil tongues their sharpest weapon.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Modesty to Majesty: The Development of the Codpiece” by Beth Marie Kosir