“Modesty is not one of my virtues.”
“For me, you have to have some kind of modesty.”
“I think in the world of indie music there’s this sort of false modesty.”
“Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.”
“To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of largesse revolves.”
“False modesty can be worse than arrogance.”
“Modesty is the color of virtue.”
“I don’t like false modesty.”
“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.”
“At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.”
“Modesty is the conscience of the body.”
“Modesty is my best quality.”
“We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.”
“Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.”
“True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.”
“Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.”
“I don’t think anyone who genuinely embraced sincerity, charity and modesty could be intolerant or divisive.”
“Modesty is good. But not when it comes at the cost of honesty.”
“Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more.”
“Modesty forbids what the law does not.”
“Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.”
“His modesty amounts to deformity.”
“I have no concept of modesty anymore.”
“If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism.”
“The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.”
“Me and modesty don’t mix.”
“Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.”
“Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.”
“Modesty isn’t one of my strong suits.”
“Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.”
“Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty.”
“Architecture is a rare collective profession: it’s always exercised by groups. There is an essential modesty, which is a complete contradiction to the notion of a star.”
“Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.”
“Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.”
“Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.”
“The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure.”
“If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader.”
“Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.”
“As in all his subsequent dealings with France, Ho Chi Minh’s demands were a model of modesty.”
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