Modesty Quotes

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He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day a commander. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The chief recommendation is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Great is the strife between beauty and modesty. — Unknown Author
There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks. — John Dryden
Modesty and chastity are twins — Anna Brownell Jameson
Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
As paradoxical as it may seem a great sculptor is as much a colourist as the best painter, or rather the best engraver. He plays… — Auguste Rodin
One day, a daughter of Aristotle, Pythias by name, was asked what color pleased her most. She replied, "The color with which modesty suffuses the… — Joseph Joubert
A lot of men who have accepted - or had imposed upon them in boyhood - the old English public school styles of careful modesty… — J. B. Priestley
Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire, and acknowledge them, so long as you cover them with… — Nathanael Emmons
Humility is the mother of many virtues because from it obedience, fear, reverence, patience, modesty, meekness and peace are born. He who is humble easily… — Thomas of Villanova
A clean and well-cared for appearance should be maintained. Hair styles should be clean and neat, avoiding extreme styles. Mens' hair should be trimmed above… — Harold B. Lee
But my relief that David Auburn's Proof is less about its ballyhooed higher mathematics than the fragility of life and love was matched by my… — John Heilpern
Modesty, that perennial flower planted instinctively in the human breast, blooms therein only as continence guards and virtue keeps. — Amos Bronson Alcott
Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all? Nay; no more than law, no more than truth, no more than loving kindness, nor… — Marcus Aurelius
The good we do to others is spoilt unless we efface ourselves so completely that those we help have no sense of inferiority. — Honore de Balzac
Modesty is the richest ornament of a woman ... the want of it is her greatest deformity. — Charles Caleb Colton
Any woman may act the part of a coquette successfully who has the reputation without the scruples of modesty. If a woman passes the bounds… — William Hazlitt
The affected modesty of most women is a decoy for the generous, the delicate, and unsuspecting; while the artful, the bold, and unfeeling either see… — William Hazlitt
In science, modesty and genius do not coexist well together. (In Washington, modesty and cleverness don't.) Einstein is perhaps the most famous exception to the… — Charles Krauthammer

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