#modesty

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Oliver Herford

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

— Herodotus

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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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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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With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing, I have never thought of legacy at all. I am always grateful if people like what I have done. A legacy is something no one can forsee. ↗

— Tom Glazer

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

— Yves Saint Laurent

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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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With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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