Quotes by Modesty If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader. Sarah Fielding candor modesty judgment Those who attempt nothing themselves think every thing easily performed, and consider the unsuccessful always as criminal. Samuel Johnson modesty criminals thinking The thunder of false modesty was deafening. Sebastian Faulks false-modesty thunder modesty Elizabeth lifted her skirt, disregarding modesty, and delivered a swift kick to the creature's head. Seth Grahame-Smith kicks skirts modesty When modesty has once perished, it will never revive. Seneca the Younger revive modesty Modesty forbids what the law does not. Seneca the Younger modesty law doe You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time. Seneca the Younger repeats modesty time Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return. Seneca the Younger modesty return knows Praise thyself never. Seneca the Younger thyself modesty praise You find in some a sort of graceless modesty, that makes them ashamed to requite an obligation. Seneca the Younger modesty obligation ashamed Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette modesty sincerity flower To the devil with false modesty. Stephen King false-modesty modesty devil When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing. Tacitus chastity modesty lost Intellectual modesty is humility as to what I know; intellectual humility is modesty as to what I do not know Tariq Ramadan modesty intellectual humility Modesty was made for the ugly. Theophile Gautier ugly modesty made 'Infidel' is a term of reproach, which Christians and Mohammedans, in their modesty, agree to apply to those who differ from them. Thomas Huxley modesty infidelity christian Modesty is only arrogance by stealth. Terry Pratchett stealth modesty arrogance False modesty is an attempt to tear yourself down. True humility focuses more on build up others. Tony Dungy modesty tears humility The truth is a young maiden as modest as she is beautiful, and therefore she is always seen cloaked. Umberto Eco modesty truth-is beautiful False modesty is better than none. Vilhjalmur Stefansson false-modesty modesty «23456789101112»
