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#modesty

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Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success.


Bobbe Sommer


#happiness #modesty #opinion #precondition #regard

I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.


Vladimir Nabokov


#hubris #humble #modesty #ego

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.


Joseph Addison


#guard #modesty #only #ornament #virtue

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.


Joseph Addison


#eloquence #every #great #great talent #just

Modesty is the conscience of the body.


Honore de Balzac


#conscience #modesty

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.


Louisa May Alcott


#conceit #danger #finest #genius #gifts

Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.


Louisa May Alcott


#conceit #consciousness #danger #even #finest

Modesty is my best quality.


Jack Benny


#modesty #quality

One of the problems with sex education... is that it also strips kids - especially girls - of their modesty to have every detail of anatomy, physiology and condom usage made explicit.


James Dobson


#anatomy #condom #detail #education #especially

As in all his subsequent dealings with France, Ho Chi Minh's demands were a model of modesty.


Wilfred Burchett


#dealings #demands #france #his #minh






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