Quotes by Modesty What can be found equal to modesty, uncorrupt faith, the sister of justice, and undisguised truth? Horace modesty found justice It is often the case with a new idea that when it comes knocking on society's door with modesty and the best premises for its existence, there is a tremendous outcry from inside. Isak Dinesen modesty doors ideas Modesty is my best quality. Jack Benny modesty quality And personally, I've lost my thirst for vengeance. Janet Morris vengeance modesty lost Conjuring is a profession in which no one errs through excess of modesty. Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin excess modesty magic There is a false modesty, which is vanity; a false glory, which is levity; a false grandeur, which is meanness; a false virtue, which is hypocrisy, and a false wisdom, which is prudery. Jean de la Bruyere modesty vanity hypocrisy Gaming is the destruction of all decorum; the prince forgets at it his dignity, and the lady her modesty. Jean le Rond d'Alembert modesty gambling dignity Be a constant outrage to modesty There is nothing to fear: modesty is exercised only among the blind. Jean Cocteau outrage modesty blind A modest man never talks of himself. Jean de la Bruyere modest modesty men We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds. Jean Rostand modesty watches I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm. Jean-Paul Sartre modesty virtue humble False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie. Jean de la Bruyere modesty vanity lying I like working on one - camera. This is not false modesty, but I don't think I'm very good at three - camera. And it's not that I'm nervous, but I just sort of feel like my collar is too small, or my clothes don't fit. I don't understand what that is. And I don't understand the format: There's an audience in front of you that you're playing to, but there are also these cameras. Jeffrey Tambor nervous modesty thinking Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville. Jesse Jackson modesty positive jesus There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. Joey Dunlop modesty green trying Modesty is a virtue that can never thrive in public. John Adams modesty thrive virtue Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself. John Henry Newman enquiry modesty religious Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue. John Kenneth Galbraith modesty economy virtue There is a proud modesty in merit. John Dryden modesty merit proud True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves. John Milton covetousness modesty rich «1234567891011»
