#modes

By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint. ↗

— Sextus Propertius

#been #end #every #faith #gold

The modes of expression of men of genius differ as much as their souls, and it is impossible to say that in some among them, drawing and color are better or worse than in others. ↗

— Auguste Rodin

#better #color #differ #drawing #expression

All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money however I could to keep myself going in some modest way, and I didn't need much, I was unmarried at the time, no children. ↗

— Paul Auster

#children #could #going #guess #however

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#finds #good #himself #ill #man

Of course I've already taken a very modest position on the monetary system, I do take the position that we should just end the Fed. ↗

— Ron Paul

#course #end #fed #i #i do

I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal. ↗

— Norah Jones

#even #expect #expectations #first #get

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#grounds #modesty #must #our #over

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#begins #children #evil #knowledge #man

Although my early equipment was very modest, later I made my own and they were more powerful. ↗

— Clyde Tombaugh

#early #equipment #i #later #made

Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A trained ape can know an awful lot of what is going on in this world, just by punching on his mouse, for a relatively modest cost. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#awful #buy #cost #going #goodness