Modesty Quotes
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Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor.
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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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We live in a highly competitive world - and we Indians have to struggle to catch up. So modesty is necessary, even if there is also a need for a certain amount of national pride. When it comes down to it, we have managed our country's economy poorly for long enough. There is really no reason to now think that we can conquer the world.
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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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It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.
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Authentic love always assumes the mystery of modesty, even in its expression, because actions speak louder than words. Unlike a feigned love, it feels no need to set a conflagration.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
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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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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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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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You find in some a sort of graceless modesty, that makes them ashamed to requite an obligation.
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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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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Modesty is of no use to a beggar.
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Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
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False modesty is the most decent of all lies.
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What is beauty, but an extension of modesty?
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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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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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Modesty in women has two special advantages,--it enhances beauty and veils uncomeliness.
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Modesty isn't one of my strong suits.
