#modest

If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired. ↗

— Delphine de Girardin

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As a consequence while we had a roof over our heads, food on the table, and clothes to wear to school we were constantly conscious of being of modest means. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

#clothes #conscious #consequence #constantly #food

I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes. ↗

— Yves Saint Laurent

#blue #blue jeans #clothes #expression #had

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 de Mandeville

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No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty. ↗

— Roger Moore

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When I was first pregnant, which was, let's see, in nineteen-eighty-three - I remember wearing a regular bathing suit to my in-laws' pool. It was just like a spandex one-piece, completely modest, and yet people were looking at me like it was obscene. ↗

— Heidi Murkoff

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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

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