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"Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue."

Addison, Joseph on modesty    Share


"Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty."

Alcott, Louisa May on modesty
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"Modesty is the conscience of the body."

Balzac, Honore De on modesty    Share

"No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man."

Barton, Bruce on modesty    Share

"He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle."

Bevan, Aneurin on modesty    Share

"A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself."

Bruyere, Jean De La on modesty    Share

"She just wore enough for modesty; no more!"

Buchanan, Robert on modesty    Share

"Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise."

Chesterfield, Lord on modesty    Share

"He is a modest little man who has a good deal to be modest about."

Churchill, Winston on modesty
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"That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind."

Colby, Frank Moore on modesty    Share

"Modesty is the color of virtue."

Diogenes of Sinope on modesty    Share

"If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known."

Du Bois, William E. B. on modesty    Share

"To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness."

Franklin, Benjamin on modesty
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"I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires."

Gibran, Kahlil on modesty
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"Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls."

Girardin, Madame de on modesty    Share

"Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues."

Goldsmith, Oliver on modesty    Share

"Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others."

Hazlitt, William on modesty
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"No truly great person ever thought themselves so."

Hazlitt, William on modesty    Share

"I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can't do it."

Hemingway, Ernest on modesty    Share

"Modesty; the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it."

Herford, Oliver on modesty    Share

"Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person"

Horace on modesty    Share

"The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them."

Howe, Edgar Watson on modesty    Share

"Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville."

Jackson, Jesse on modesty    Share

"Ornaments were invented by modesty."

Joubert, Joseph on modesty    Share

"So rare is the union of beauty with modesty."

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) on modesty    Share

"The height of cleverness is being able to conceal it."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on modesty
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"Always remember when you are on top of the world , that the earth rotates every 24 hrs."

Makris, Steve G. on modesty    Share

"Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive."

Mandeville, Bernard on modesty    Share

"It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help"

Manners, Miss on modesty    Share

"Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered."

Martineau, Harriet on modesty    Share

"Be smart, but never show it."

Mayer, Louis B on modesty    Share

"Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my dear, kiss me and be quiet."

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley on modesty    Share

"No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune."

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley on modesty    Share

"Modesty is the beauty of women."

Proverb, Gaelic on modesty    Share

"Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small."

Proverb, Jewish on modesty
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"We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds."

Rostand, Jean on modesty    Share

"Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on modesty    Share

"Modesty forbids what the law does not."

Seneca on modesty    Share

"Lord Bacon told Sir Edward Coke when he was boasting, The less you speak of your greatness, the more shall I think of it."

Shakespeare, William on modesty
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"We wound our modesty and make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of ourselves we publish them."

Shakespeare, William on modesty
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