Please do me a favor and find a counterexample or composition that modesty does not necessarily make people progress, please!

Everything in the world should pay attention to moderation, and never go too far. If you go too far, something will happen. Take modesty as an example. Modesty is a virtue. China famously said, "Modesty makes people progress, while pride makes people lag behind". But what if you are too modest? That would be the opposite. Please look at the following story:

During the Warring States Period, there was a humble man named Huang Gong in the State of Qi. He has two daughters, both as beautiful as flowers and jade. But he never praised his daughter for her beauty, and often modestly told others that her daughter was ugly and extremely ugly. In this way, his daughter suddenly became notorious. A few years later, his daughter reached marriageable age, but no one came to propose. Sent people all over the country to ask for marriage, but no one came to apply. At this time, Huang Gongcai was anxious and degraded himself. There happened to be a naked man named Shi (let's call him Wei's) in Weiguo. He was middle-aged and had not found a wife yet. As soon as he thought about it, he could marry the ugly one, so he rashly married the eldest daughter of the Huang family back. Go home and have a look, it's ugly there! What a fairy! The Wei family was ecstatic and preached everywhere: "I married a beautiful wife!" " Huang Gong is too modest. He deliberately vilified his daughter! Sisters are so beautiful, so must their sisters. "It doesn't matter, Webster's propaganda, provoked young men all over the country to send bride price to the Huang family. The man who married his sister went home and saw that his sister was really beautiful. So someone lamented: "Modesty is good, but it is not good to be too modest!" (See the first part of the ancient book Yin Wenzi).

This story tells us that modesty is a virtue, and being too modest will be counterproductive. A few years ago, the media reported that China people like modesty, but foreigners can't understand it. If you are modest in front of foreigners, they will have the illusion that you can't speak well yourself, which is definitely not good, because they don't understand the way China people express their thoughts. China people themselves have their own views on modesty. They think that being too modest is pride and hypocrisy. Some people do things well, but some people "modestly" say that they are not doing well, but it is hard to hide their pride after they finish. Anyone with discerning eyes can know that this is false modesty, but they look down on you in front of you and know that you are a hypocritical person. Today's young people may not be so modest, dare to say and do, and even deliberately flaunt themselves. Modern advertising words will not be modest, they will say good things, and sometimes they will say bad things as good things. There is only the shadow of "modesty" in officialdom, but most of them are false modesty. Look at their "year-end debriefing": a lot of achievements can be said, trivial details are also said, and finally "modestly" talk about "existing problems" (I have to say, this is a formula). But when it comes to problems, it is understated and abstract, and I don't know why. This is not false modesty. What is this?

In a word, modesty is a virtue, but don't overdo it. It's hypocrisy. The correct attitude should be: good is good, bad is bad, and we should seek truth from facts. Don't be too modest as Huang Gong did in ancient times, otherwise it will backfire and it will be too late to regret!