...but I should say that kindliness, and sincerity, and if I may say so--modesty--are worth far more to a man, to a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To speak highly of one with whom we are intimate is a species of egotism. Our modesty as well as our jealousy… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Dear Sister,even though a man is responsible for his gaze, you are responsible for what you give him to gaze at. Guard… — Anas Copy Share Image
The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
What can be found equal to modesty, uncorrupt faith, the sister of justice, and undisguised truth? — Horace Copy Share Image
To say less of yourself than is true is stupidity, not modesty. To pay yourself less than you are worth is cowardice… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
There are twenty-four characters in this book named Max. Let there be an end to this silly business of authors never giving… — Max Shulman Copy Share Image
Im not Superman. So I cant say anything big like Ill protect everyone on Earth. Im not a modest guy who will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Wrap thyself in the decent veil that the arts or the graces weave for thee, O human nature! It is only the… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
“Oh where is the noble face of modesty, or the strength of virtue, now that blasphemy is in power and men have… — Euripides Copy Share Image
The way a woman carries herself and the way she dresses ought to promote the following types of words: modesty, discretion, wisdom,… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
As we make our way toward the finish line that some of us have already crossed, I never thought I'd get a… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
We all know that the 'divine glory of the ego' is socially a great nuisance; we all do actually value our friends… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The rapid, sweeping deterioration of values is characterized by a preoccupation-even an obsession-with the procreative act. Abstinence before marriage and fidelity within… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
“If you really want to be different, you'd better keep quiet and be a good person on the inside.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Let us be careful to distinguish modesty, which is ever amiable, from reserve, which is only prudent. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole… — Charles Williams Copy Share Image
True modesty and true pride are much the same thing: both consist in setting a just value on ourselves - neither more… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Be a constant outrage to modesty There is nothing to fear: modesty is exercised only among the blind. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
“Modesty has, and will remain, an alluring trait because where egoism falters, humility conquers.” — Andy Paula Copy Share Image
Surely modesty never hurt any cause; and the confidence of man seems to me to be much like the wrath of man. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
Modesty, if you consider it, is the most unforgivable sort of falsehood: it's a lie that does damage to no one but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sex is as important as eating or drinking and we ought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied with as little… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“Is there such a thing as natural modesty? Wisest is she who knows she does not know... True insight comes from within.… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“Modesty alone doesn’t prove a man a hero. But it’s incontrovertible that immodesty makes him a bore.” — Kate Ross Copy Share Image
Modesty is an excuse for sloppiness, laziness, self-indulgence; small ambitions evoke small efforts. — Stephen Vizinczey Copy Share Image
I don't think modesty is a very good virtue, if it is a virtue at all. A modest person will drop the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself. — Adam Grant Copy Share Image
So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you should ever have become a father — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside. — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools, for everybody is expected to… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I don't think that modesty is the outstanding characteristic of contemporary politics, do you? — Edward Heath Copy Share Image
Impoliteness is frequently the sign of an awkward modesty that loses its head when surprised and hopes to conceal this with rudeness. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
