Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Modesty, that perennial flower planted instinctively in the human breast, blooms therein only as continence guards and virtue keeps. — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
Kindness, tolerance, integrity, modesty, generosity - these are attributes that events permit us. They are our holiday moods, and we are as… — Ben Hecht Copy Share Image
Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The truth is a young maiden as modest as she is beautiful, and therefore she is always seen cloaked. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
The first of all virtues is innocence; the next is modesty. If we banish modesty out of the world, she carries away… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The pride of woman, natural to her, never sleeps until modesty is gone. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The convention missionaries call "modesty" has no standard, and cannot have one, because it is opposed to nature and reason and is… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person — Horace Copy Share Image
“Modesty was hardly a priority in her mind until now. Now she had been cast from Hell and again knew shame.” — Thomm Quackenbush 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
“Vulnerable, like all men, to the temptations of arrogance, of which intellectual pride is the worst, he [ the scientist ] must… — Louis de Broglie Copy Share Image
If you wish to be loved, be modest; if you wish to be admired, be proud; if you wish both, combine external… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
The trend towards pure art betrays not arrogance, as is often thought, but modesty. Art that has rid itself of human pathos… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
They may seize On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand And steal immortal blessing from her lips, Who, even in pure… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Sadly, our values are fast eroding. Modesty and honesty are ridiculed. Deception and cheating are on the rise. May the Almighty protect… — Mufti Ismail Menk Copy Share Image
Nothing can ever overcome that one enormous sex (female) superiority that even the male child is born closer to his mother than… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
