Humility Quote by Joseph Addison

False modesty is better than none.

— Vilhjalmur Stefansson

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

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false. The one guards virtue, the other betrays it.

— Joseph Addison

False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

— David Mitchell

False modesty is an attempt to tear yourself down. True humility focuses more on build up others.

— Tony Dungy

I prefer honest arrogance to hypocritical modesty.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

True modesty avoids everything that is criminal; false modesty everything that is unfashionable.

— Joseph Addison

I don't like false modesty.

— Dominic Holland

Modesty is the delicate form of hypocrisy.

— Remy de Gourmont

Of lies, false modesty is the most decent.

— Nicolas Chamfort

False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie.

— Jean de la Bruyere

False modesty is the most decent of all lies.

— Nicolas Chamfort