Don't get above your raising

Meaning: Humble origins should temper ambition; remember where you came from and maintain modest values.

Origin: A saying of the American South and Appalachia, common since at least the 19th century: don't act superior to the people who raised you. Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs recorded a song with the title in 1951, and Ricky Skaggs made it a country hit in 1981.

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