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> (to be honest, I was also a significant source of inspiration!)

There is no honesty in praising yourself, no matter what you did and achieved.

Honesty is when you pay tribute to someone else by saying he is a source of inspiration.




In this case the use seems appropriate since he was the source of inspiration for mistakes, so he wasn't praising himself.


I said I was a source of inspiration for the mistakes in my book. Said differently, I've done a lot of mistakes myself which ended up being a section in the book.


To be honest, i doubt whether you get what he implied




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