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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 ~
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 ~
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