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The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.


Max Beerbohm


#between #conceit #delicate #delicate balance #modesty

Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.


Miguel de Cervantes


#among #every #found #greatest #himself

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.


Confucius


#find #good #his #make #modesty

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.


Oliver Goldsmith


#modesty #nobler #resides #seldom #virtues

It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope.


Paul Goodman


#anything #even #in my opinion #modesty #naturally

To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.


Franz Grillparzer


#criticism #find #ignores #investigate #man

Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.


Oliver Herford


#aware #charm #enhancing #gentle #modesty

Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.


Herodotus


#her #modesty #off #puts #remember

He slowed down a bit more. "Gaia, how do you know these things?" She shrugged. "I'm smart." "And modest, too." "Modesty is a waste of time," she pronounced. "I'll keep that in mind.


Francine Pascal


#fearless #funny #modesty #funny

I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty.


Alexander Alekhine


#also #base #highest #i #i think






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