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Read through the most famous quotes by topic #modesty
Modesty is only arrogance by stealth. ↗
— Terry Pratchett
#modesty #arrogance
Now. Now, Annwyl. No need to curtsy. A simple nod of your head and absolute worship will be more than enough. ↗
— G.A. Aiken
#worship
Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues. ↗
— Oliver Goldsmith
#modesty #nobler #resides #seldom #virtues
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
No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man. ↗
— Bruce Barton
#absolute #absolute necessity #age #below #beneath
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
No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man. ↗
— Bernard Barton