Diffidence Quotes
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God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves.
Alphonsus Liguori -
Give me a mystery – just a plain and simple one – a mystery which is diffidence and silence, a slim little bare-foot mystery: give me a mystery – just one!
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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Diffidence and awkwardness are antidotes to love.
William Hazlitt -
A tardiness in nature, Which often leaves the history unspoke, That it intends to do.
William Shakespeare -
Diffidence in an officer is a good mark because he will always endeavor to bring himself up to what he conceives to be the full line of his duty.
George Washington -
Diffidence is a sort of false modesty.
William Makepeace Thackeray