Modesty Quote by Emily Carter

“Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music made. Some…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Virtue in a woman is like pepper in the soup. A little makes for a nice seasoning. But overdo it, and no one wants…

— Lisa Kleypas

“He has that quiet deference, that look of pleased, attentive interest, in listening to a woman, which, say what we may, we can none…

— Wilkie Collins

“Isn't there a pleasure in criticising everything and discovering faults where other men detect beauties?”

— Voltaire

“A wretched woman is more unfortunate than a wretched man, because she is an instrument of pleasure.”

— Victor Hugo

“He's coming to hate the gratitude of women. It is like being fawned on by rabbits, or like being covered with syrup: you can't…

— Margaret Atwood

“If you think you’re immune to my charms, you’re fooling yourself.” I pull my hand away and ignore how fiercely it tingles as I…

— Leisa Rayven

“It is absurd to pretend that one cannot love the same woman always, as to pretend that a good artist needs several violins to…

— Honore de Balzac

“I am tempted to think that to be despised by her sex is a very great compliment to a woman.”

— Margaret Atwood

“A woman wants to be adored but she doesn’t want reverence.”

— Liane Moriarty

“I am The Woman That Some Love, Some Admire, Some Envy, Some Hate....But None Ignores, I Have So much Influence!”

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

“It was not that the woman boasted. Quite the opposite. She was modest to a fault, the fault being she insinuated her modesty, deftly,…

— Cathleen Schine