#modesty

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

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

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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

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

— Confucius

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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

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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

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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

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Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

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Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered. ↗

— Harriet Martineau

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Modesty is the color of virtue. ↗

— Diogenes of Sinope

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