Modesty sayings | Modesty quotes | Modesty mottos
Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive. - Bernard Mandeville
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help - Miss Manners
Be smart, but never show it. - Louis B Mayer
Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my dear, kiss me and be quiet. - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Modesty is the beauty of women. - Gaelic Proverb
We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds. - Jean Rostand
Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil. - Jean Jacques Rousseau
Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable. - Sir Richard Steele
When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf. - Mark Twain
She just wore enough for modesty; no more! - Robert Buchanan
Modesty is the color of virtue. - Diogenes of Sinope
If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known. - William E. B. Du Bois
Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues. - Oliver Goldsmith
Modesty; the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. - Oliver Herford
Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person - Horace
Always remember when you are on top of the world , that the earth rotates every 24 hrs. - Steve G. Makris
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