Breasts Quote by Amos Bronson Alcott

The beauty of modesty ... a virtue the world doesn't have much truck with: one ordinary flower in a vase, as opposed to a bouquet.

— Anne Lamott

The conduct and manners of women, in fact, evidently prove that their minds are not in a healthy state; for, like the flowers which…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Modesty is the citadel of beauty.

— Demades

How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

Beauty is the flower of virtue.

— Plutarch

What is beauty, but an extension of modesty?

— Boonaa Mohammed

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

— Joseph Addison

“How did these organs of plant sex manage to get themselves cross-wired with human ideas of value and status and Eros? And what might…

— Michael Pollan

Modesty is the graceful, calm virtue of maturity; bashfulness the charm of vivacious youth.

— Mary Wollstonecraft

The virtuous woman must be treated like a relic - adored, but not handled; she should be guarded and prized, like a fine flower-garden,…

— Miguel de Cervantes

Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and beauty

— Jean De La Bruyere

Every flower about a house certifies to the refinement of somebody. Every vine climbing and blossoming tells of love and joy

— Robert Green Ingersoll