Modesty Quotes
These are some of the best 'Modesty' quotations and sayings.
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A false modesty is the meanest species of pride.
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A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. It heightens all the virtues which it accompanies; like the shades in paintings, it raises and rounds every figure, and makes the colors more beautiful, though not so glaring as they would be without it.
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A modest man never talks of himself.
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A modest person seldom fails to gain the goodwill of those he converses with, because nobody envies a man who does not appear to be pleased with himself.
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An egotist will always speak of himself, either in praise or censure; but a modest man ever shuns making himself the subject of his conversation.
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Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.
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False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie.
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Hasty conclusions are the mark of a fool; a wise man doubteth; a fool rageth and is confident; the novice saith, "I am sure that it is so"; the better learned answers, "Peradventure, it may be so; but, I pray thee, inquire." It is a little learning, and but a little, which makes men conclude hastily. Experience and humility teach modesty and fear.
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I was born modest; not all over, but in spots.
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In the modesty of fearful duty, I read as much as from the rattling tongue of saucy and audacious eloquence.
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Let us be careful to distinguish modesty, which is ever amiable, from reserve, which is only prudent. A man is hated sometimes for pride, when it was an excess of humility gave the occasion.
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Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire, and acknowledge them, so long as you cover them with the beautiful veil of modesty.
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Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to.
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Modest expression is a beautiful setting to the diamond of talent and genius.
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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Modesty died when false modesty was born.
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Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue
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Modesty is the appendage of sobriety, and is to chastity, to temperance, and to humility as the fringes are to a garment.
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Modesty is the color of virtue.
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Modesty is the conscience of the body.
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