Modesty Quotes
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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.
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True modesty is a discerning grace And only blushes in the proper place; But counterfeit is blind, and skulks through fear, Where 'tis a shame to be asham'd t' appear: Humility the parent of the first, The last by vanity produc'd and nurs'd.
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Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.
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Blushes are the rainbow of modesty.
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The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty.
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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.
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If guys practiced self-control, 'modesty' wouldn't be such a huge deal.
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Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
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Sometimes when you write a thing you think, 'Oh, this is good', and it's not a modesty or an immodesty thing, you just... it's just the same with anything; when you write a piece you just figure, 'Oh yeah, I'm on a roll here. This is good; I'm getting the hang of this'. Some pieces are better than others.
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Women, who on grounds of modesty alone might be expected to prefer being killed or cured by one of their own sex, prove as incalculable in this as in most other things;
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Love knows nothing of modesty.
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I am thinking of the onion again. . . . Not self-righteous like the proletarian potato, nor a siren like the apple. No show-off like the banana. But a modest, self-effacing vegetable, questioning, introspective, peeling itself away, or merely radiating halos like ripples.
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With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face.
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Modesty is my best quality.
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Modesty in human beings is praised because it is not a matter of nature, but of will.
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Journalists ask me, 'Why don't you ever talk about sex in your performances?' True, I don't talk about sex – not in my personal life and not in my professional life. This is modesty.
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Modesty is the conscience of the body.
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False modesty is better than none.
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As to modesty and decency, if we are simians we have done well, considering: but if we are something else-fallen angels-we have indeed fallen far.
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Modesty is a bright dish-cover, which makes us fancy there is something very nice underneath it.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.
