Quotes by Modesty The convention missionaries call "modesty" has no standard, and cannot have one, because it is opposed to nature and reason and is therefore an artificiality and subject to anybody's whim - anybody's diseased caprice. Mark Twain conventions modesty reason You don't want modesty, you want humility. Humility comes from inside out. It says someone was here before me and I'm here because I've been paid for. I have something to do and I will do that because I'm paying for someone else who has yet to come. Maya Angelou modesty humility want If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism. Mason Cooley exhibitionism modesty literature Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops. Maya Angelou slam modesty wall Modesty is a learned affectation. It's no good. Humility is great, because humility says, 'There was someone before me. I'm following in somebody's footsteps.' Maya Angelou modesty compassion humility I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals. Maya Angelou modesty responsibility religious I don't think modesty is a very good virtue, if it is a virtue at all. A modest person will drop the modesty in a minute. It's a learned affectation. Maya Angelou modesty virtue thinking I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It's like decal stuck up on a person. Maya Angelou stuck-up stuck modesty Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in conversation. Michel de Montaigne modesty quality silence The darts of love are blunted by maiden modesty. Miguel de Cervantes maidens modesty love Genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence. Napoleon Hill think-and-grow-rich modesty silence False modesty is the most decent of all lies. Nicolas Chamfort modesty hypocrisy lying It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness. Ninon de L'Enclos modesty strange men Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. Oliver Herford modesty humility art Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues. Oliver Goldsmith breasts modesty virtue Great is the strife between beauty and modesty. Ovid strife modesty beauty Only when painting isn't painting can there be an affront to modesty. Pablo Picasso modesty painting art Larry Summers is to modesty what Madonna is to Chastity. Paul Gigot chastity modesty summer It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope. Paul Goodman modesty opinion add Avoid failing, not only against purity, but even against the least rules of an exact modesty. Paul of the Cross modesty failing purity «23456789101112»
