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«Modesty is my best quality»
Author: Jack Benny (Entertainer) | About: Modesty | Keywords: modesty
«At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings»
Author: Louis-Hector Berlioz (Composer, Critic) | About: Modesty | Keywords: failings
«Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.»
Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Orator, Playwright, Politician) | About: Modesty | Keywords: liked, modesty, praised, The Women
«Modesty and unselfishness: These are the virtues which men praise, and pass by»
Author: Andre Maurois (Biographer, Essayist, Novelist) | About: Modesty, Selfishness | Keywords: modesty, pass by, unselfishness
«Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith | About: Modesty, Virtue | Keywords: overrate, overrated, overrates, overrating
«Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue»
Author: Joseph Addison (Dramatist, Essayist, Poet, Statesman) | About: Modesty | Keywords: guard, modesty, ornament
«It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody»
Author: Jules Renard (Writer) | About: Modesty | Keywords: modest
«Modesty is the conscience of the body.»
Author: Honore de Balzac (Novelist) | About: Humility, Modesty
«A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.»
Author: Joseph Addison (Dramatist, Essayist, Poet, Statesman) | About: Modesty | Keywords: eloquence, recommend
«It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from the hands of opportunity.»
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson (Author, Essayist, Poet) | About: Modesty | Keywords: Ready made
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