Eloquence Quote by Joseph Addison

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of; it…

— Joseph Addison

Modesty is the path to Favour.

— Desmond Fouche

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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 needs to come from the heart.

— David K. Bernard

“But if modesty is interpreted not as diffidence or self-effacingness, but as non-overweening, a realistic assessment of the job to be done and one's…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Excusations, cessions, modesty itself well governed, are but arts of ostentation.

— Francis Bacon

Modesty isn't always a virtue; it can be a hindrance; a careful measure of personal pride builds confidence and ensures success.

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

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

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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

— William Hazlitt

Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.

— Jonathan Swift

Modesty is the highest elegance

— Coco Chanel