Modesty Quotes
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It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.
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Some pretend want of power to make a competent return; and you shall find in others a kind of graceless modesty, that makes a man ashamed of requiting an obligation, because it is a confession that he has received one.
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So they, who climb to wealth, forget The friends in darker fortunes tried. I copied them--but I regret That I should ape the ways of pride.
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The allure of immodesty is not in what is seen but what is not seen. Modesty issues a challenge for one man to romantically earn your virtue.
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How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
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Modesty needs to come from the heart.
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Modesty is of no use to a beggar.
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Modesty in dress and language and deportment is a true mark of refinement and a hallmark of a virtuous Latter-day Saint woman.
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Modesty is the proof that morality is sexy.
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Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.
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Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
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You find in some a sort of graceless modesty, that makes them ashamed to requite an obligation.
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I possess every good quality, but the one that distinguishes me above all is modesty.
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In matters of dress we wish neither silk nor rags," President Hinckley said. "We seek for the clean look, call it a wholesome look, the bright and happy look of young men and women who walk with a sense of who they are, of what is expected of them, and of what they may become.
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Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
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I do not play games, but always just say what's on my mind. Ostentatious modesty - for fools. If a man afraid of your honesty, it means that he is not the one you need.
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Vanity as an impulse has without doubt been of far more benefit to civilization than modesty has ever been.
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In a nation of celebrity worshipers, amid followers of the cult of personality, individual modesty becomes a heroic quality. I find heroism in the acceptance of anonymity, in the studied resistance to the normal American tropism toward the limelight.
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Modesty isn't one of my strong suits.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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False modesty is the most decent of all lies.
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It's a great lesson in modesty that you realize you're illiterate in a field that you think you're an expert in.
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Modesty in women has two special advantages,--it enhances beauty and veils uncomeliness.
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Beautiful colors exist, though we do not realize it, and are glimpsed behind the veil that modesty has drawn over them.
