I've been very lucky and I have a happy old age with good family and friends still around.
I was lucky enough to be fairly quick at understanding what was taught, but unlucky enough not to be really interested in it, so I always got my exams but never had the scholar's love of learning for its own sake.
I have been lucky enough to travel a lot, meet great people in many lands. I have liked almost everyone I met along the way.
I didn't think for a moment that I was better than any of these people, I was just lucky I lived in this time of mass-market paperback.