Boldness Quote by Ninon de L'Enclos

Modesty is the beauty of women

— Proverb

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

— Charles Caleb Colton

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

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more.

— Linda Chavez

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

— Anonymous

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 a valuable merit ... in people who have no other, and the appearance of it is extremely useful to those who have.

— Ada Leverson

Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The affected modesty of most women is a decoy for the generous, the delicate, and unsuspecting; while the artful, the bold, and unfeeling either…

— William Hazlitt

“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 way you deal with beauty not the way you avoid it.

— Tariq Ramadan

Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and beauty

— Jean De La Bruyere