Modesty Quotes
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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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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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 is policy, no less than virtue.
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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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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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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
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No education can be of true advantage to young women but that which trains them up in humble industry, in great plainness of living, in exact modesty of dress.
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We are told truly that meekness and modesty are the rich and charming garments of the soul. The less showy our outward attire is, the more distinctly and brilliantly does the beauty of these inner garments shine.
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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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Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
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Modesty needs to come from the heart.
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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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Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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All modesty aside, I think I'm good at reading scripts. The way I read a script is as fast as I can, all in one sitting, and I don't read many of the stage directions. I only read enough stage directions to let me know where I am, because they're always so verbose and mostly horseshit. So I only read the dialogue, which allows me to see the movie in my mind's eye in real time.
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Modesty in women has two special advantages,--it enhances beauty and veils uncomeliness.
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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 is of no use to a beggar.
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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 isn't one of my strong suits.
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What is beauty, but an extension of modesty?
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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.
