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One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so much real…
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The thrust of ambition is, and always has been, great, but among the bright-eyed it had once a more adventurous and individualistic…
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The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being; the American wants to…
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Ours is not so much an age of vulgarity as of vulgarization; everything is tampered with or touched up, or adulterated or…
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True individualists tend to be quite unobservant; it is the snob, the would be sophisticate, the frightened conformist, who keeps a fascinated…
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If it is the great delusion of moralists to suppose that all previous ages were less sinful than their own, then it…
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Has there ever been an age so rife with neurotic sensibility, with that state of near shudders, or near hysteria, or near…
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The fascinating necessarily tends to call a certain attention to itself; the interesting need not. An evening spent with a fascinating person…
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One of the saddest things about conformity is the ghastly sort of non-conformity it breeds; the noisy protesting, the aggressive rebelliousness, the…
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From the failure of the humanist tradition to participate fully or to act decisively, civilizations may perhaps crumble or perish at the…
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A great maxim of personal responsibility and mature achievement: "Do it yourself" is now the enthroned cliche for being occupied with nonessentials.
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Individualism is rather like innocence: There must be something unconscious about it.
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Modesty is the conscience of the body.
— Honore de Balzac
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No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank…
— Bruce Barton
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First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body,…
— Saint Basil
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A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed…
— Joseph Addison
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Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
— Joseph Addison
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The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.
— Max Beerbohm
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Modesty is my best quality.
— Jack Benny
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He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle.
— Aneurin Bevan
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If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let…
— W. E. B. Du Bois
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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
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When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the…
— Akhenaton
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You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest…
— Louisa May Alcott
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