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Modesty Quotes by Clement of Alexandria
- Those who glory in their looks - not in their hearts - dress to please others.
- But by no manner of means are women to be allotted to uncover and exhibit any part of their person, lest both fall,-the men by…
- What does God think of spurious beauty, rejecting utterly as He does all falsehood?
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