Virtuous woman Quote by Jonathan Swift

Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.

— Jonathan Swift

Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.

— Ninon de L'Enclos

“Modesty means that you insist that men delight in you at the right time and in the right place and in the right way…

— Andrew M. Greeley

Modesty in woman is a virtue most deserving, since we do all we can to cure her of it.

— Anonymous

Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of fear of…

— Aristotle

Modesty is virtue which enhances charm of ones personality & get up.

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

Surely modesty never hurt any cause; and the confidence of man seems to me to be much like the wrath of man.

— John Tillotson

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued…

— William Hazlitt

Modesty is the beauty of women

— Proverb

“Modesty is a reflex, arising naturally to help a woman protect her hopes and guide their fulfillment -specifically, this hope for one man. (...)…

— Wendy Shalit

Modesty is the richest ornament of a woman ... the want of it is her greatest deformity.

— Charles Caleb Colton