Quotes by Modesty Wherever valor true is found, true modesty will there abound. W. S. Gilbert modestypridehumility And Modesty, who, when she goes, Walter Savage Landor modestygone Modesty isn't always a virtue; it can be a hindrance; a careful measure of personal pride builds confidence and ensures success. Wayne Gerard Trotman modestyvirtuepride Modesty answers not the crude how of femininity, but the beautiful why. Wendy Shalit modestyanswersbeautiful Modesty is the proof that morality is sexy. Wendy Shalit modestymoralitysexy Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense. Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon defencemodestywant As in all his subsequent dealings with France, Ho Chi Minh's demands were a model of modesty. Wilfred Burchett modestyfrancedemand But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease. William Cowper modestyeasemean Modesty is policy, no less than virtue. William Gilmore Simms modestypolicyvirtue No truly great person ever thought themselves so. William Hazlitt great-personmodestypersons Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others. William Hazlitt modestyhumilityreal To speak highly of one with whom we are intimate is a species of egotism. Our modesty as well as our jealousy teaches us caution on this subject. William Hazlitt intimatemodestyspeak True modesty and true pride are much the same thing: both consist in setting a just value on ourselves - neither more nor less. William Hazlitt settingsmodestypride The affected modesty of most women is a decoy for the generous, the delicate, and unsuspecting; while the artful, the bold, and unfeeling either see or break through its slender disguises. William Hazlitt break-throughmodestywomen Diffidence is a sort of false modesty. William Makepeace Thackeray false-modestydiffidencemodesty Let us be careful to distinguish modesty, which is ever amiable, from reserve, which is only prudent. William Shenstone prudentmodestybe-careful Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about. Winston Churchill modestmodestymen Pastime passing excellent, if it he husbanded with modesty. William Shakespeare time-passingmodestyexcellent Can it be chat modesty may more betray William Shakespeare betraymodestymay In the modesty of fearful duty, I read as much as from the rattling tongue of saucy and audacious eloquence. William Shakespeare modestytongueduty«23456789101112»
