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Modest Quotes by William Shakespeare
- Their savage eyes turned to a modest gaze by the sweet power of music.
- Free from gross passion or of mirth of anger constant spirit, not swerving with the blood, garnish'd and deck'd in modest compliment, not working with…
- Fie, thou dishonest Satan! I call thee by the most modest terms; for I am one of those gentle ones that will use the devil…
- In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate…
- Can you nominate in order now the degrees of the lie? I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the…
- The wound of peace is surety, Surety secure; but modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches To th' bottom…
- Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
- In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.
- Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace there's nothing so becomes a…
- Wooing, wedding, and repenting is as a Scotch jig, a measure, and a cinque-pace: the first suit is hot and hasty like a Scotch jig--and…
More Modest Quotes
- All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to… — Paul Auster
- I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law. — Michele Bachmann
- Rereading A.J. Liebling carries me happily back to an age when all good journalists knew they had plenty to be modest about,… — Russell Baker
- I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable. — Max Beerbohm
- To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked… — David Bowie
- Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand. — Lakhdar Brahimi
- Is the raggle-taggle Brangelina tribe any more bogus than that of the landlocked yummy mummy who believes that she can drop half… — Julie Burchill
- The wage for most musicians is a modest amount, and that includes me some of the time. — David Byrne