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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The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure.
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Blushes are the rainbow of modesty.
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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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Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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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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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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If guys practiced self-control, 'modesty' wouldn't be such a huge deal.
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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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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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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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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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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Modesty is the conscience of the body.
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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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Love knows nothing of modesty.
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False modesty is better than none.
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Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.
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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.
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Modesty is my best quality.
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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.
