False modesty Quote by Jean de la Bruyere Download Open image “False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie.” — Jean de la Bruyere ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare False modesty Humility Lying Modesty Pride Refinement Vanity
False modesty is the masterpiece of vanity: showing the vain man in such an illusory light that he appears in the reputation of the… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Modesty, if you consider it, is the most unforgivable sort of falsehood: it's a lie that does damage to no one but yourself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a false modesty, which is vanity; a false glory, which is levity; a false grandeur, which is meanness; a false virtue, which… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
False modesty is an attempt to tear yourself down. True humility focuses more on build up others. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
Vanity as an impulse has without doubt been of far more benefit to civilization than modesty has ever been. — William E. Woodward Copy Share Image
True modesty is a discerning grace And only blushes in the proper place; But counterfeit is blind, and skulks through fear, Where 'tis a… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
“False modesty is as bad as false pride. Know exactly what you are capable of at any moment, and act accordingly. Any other path… — Christie Golden Copy Share Image
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The unfaithful woman, if she is known for such by the person concerned, is only unfaithful. If she is thought faithful, she is perfidious. — Jean De La Bruyere Copy Share Image
What greater weakness can there be than not to know what is the source of one's being, of one's life, of one's senses, of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Some people pretend they never were in love and never wrote poetry; two weaknesses which they dare not own -- one of the heart,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
How much wit, good-nature, indulgences, how many good offices and civilities, are required among friends to accomplish in some years what a lovely face… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man starts upon a sudden, takes Pen, Ink, and Paper, and without ever having had a thought of it before, resolves within himself… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man of variable mind is not one man, but several men in one; he multiplies himself as often as he changes his taste… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
He who knows how to wait for what he desires does not feel very desperate if he fails in obtaining it; and he, on… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but very polished people. [Fr.,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Every hour in itself, as it respects us in particular, is the only one we can call our own. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty. — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
“There is no conceit equal to false modesty, and there is no politics like antipolitics” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Besides, I'm not going to let you go anywhere alone- you'll have every male in the vicinity pouncing on you." "Don't be silly," Annabelle… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
“With characteristic lack of false modesty, John once said to me, "My looks are a rough test of people. If they don't begin to… — Olaf Stapledon Copy Share Image
The thing I hate most is false modesty. The artists who are, like, 'Oh, you know, I'm really not that good. Oh, I can't… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
“I know that, like many other writers, I have many faults, for I am the first to be dissatisfied with myself . . .… — Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Copy Share Image
There are twenty-four characters in this book named Max. Let there be an end to this silly business of authors never giving their own… — Max Shulman Copy Share Image
True modesty avoids everything that is criminal; false modesty everything that is unfashionable. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
