Humility Quote by Plautus Download Open image “Modesty becomes a young man. [Lat., Adolescentem verecundum esse decet.]” — Plautus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Humility Men Modesty Young Young man Youth
“Modesty... consists in pretending not to think better of ourselves and our belongings than of the man we are speaking to and his belongings.” — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent. — Socrates Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Modesty is a state of the heart. It veils the tongue. It clothes us in good manners. It envelops us with the best of… — T.J. Bowes Copy Share Image
Modesty was designed by Providence as a guard to virtue, and that it might be always at hand it is wrought into the mechanism… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
Modesty is the graceful, calm virtue of maturity; bashfulness the charm of vivacious youth. — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“Not on the score of modesty, but decency; for the care which some modest women take, making at the same time a display of… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble. — Plautus Copy Share Image
No man has perpetual good fortune. [Lat., Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.] — Plautus Copy Share Image
What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you… — Plautus Copy Share Image
“Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent (How often the greatest talents are shrouded in obscurity)” — Plautus Copy Share Image
You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law. [Lat., Nescis tu quam meticulosa res sit ire ad judicem.] — Plautus Copy Share Image
Everyone will admire you when you do well. What a horrible thing to do to someone. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's a great lesson in modesty that you realize you're illiterate in a field that you think you're an expert in. — Wim Wenders Copy Share Image
“Prayer of an Anonymous Abbess: Lord, thou knowest better than myself that I am growing older and will soon be old. Keep me from becoming too talkative, and especially from the unfortunate habit of thinking that I must say something on every subject and at every opportunity. Release me from the idea that I must straighten out other peoples' affairs.… — Anonymous Copy Share
“But, like all indulgences that are valued not just for their product but for their process, the sento will never entirely disappear. For in the unhurried rituals of scrubbing and soaking, and in the perspective of profound relaxation that can only be derived from immersion in water the meek might describe as scalding, there are qualities of devotion, and celebration,… — Barry Eisler Copy Share
“Humility and Trustworthiness are not rooted only in Presentation, Voice modulation or Nice Jorgan but in Actions and Intentions that speak louder than you… — Venkat Gandhi Copy Share Image
I need to look like an idiot at least twice a day to keep myself humble. — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
“I am waiting for the meek to be blessed and inherit the earth... without taxes” — Lawrence Ferlinghetti Copy Share Image
Rukmini Devi was an icon for all the Bharat Natyam students at Kalakshetra. I grew up watching her at dance school and I associate… — Amala Akkineni Copy Share Image
“Oh where is the noble face of modesty, or the strength of virtue, now that blasphemy is in power and men have put justice… — Euripides Copy Share Image
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