Quotes
Quotes about Modesty
They may seize
On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand
And steal immortal blessing from her lips,
Who, even in pure and vestal modesty,
Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin.
Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty.
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature.
Such an act
That blurs the grace and blush of modesty.
He saw her charming, but he saw not half
The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.
Thy modesty's a candle to thy merit.
Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all? Nay; no more than law, no more than truth, no more than loving kindness, nor than modesty.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the scent was false, the eager desire to get on with the work, the cheerful resolution to go back and begin again, the broad good sense, the unaffected modesty, the imperturbable temper, the gratitude for any little help that was givenâall these will remain in my memory though I cannot paint them for others.
Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.
It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty. [Fr., Il n'y a que le premier obstacle qui coute a vaincre la pudeur.]
True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves. [Lat., Verum est aviditas dives, et pauper pudor.]
Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor. Suit the action to the word, the word to the action, with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you are fishing for praise.
Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart. -Thomas Fuller.
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
And Steal immortal blessings from her lips; who,even in pure and vestal modesty, still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin.
Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.
As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks.
Modesty is the color of virtue.
She just wore enough for modesty; no more!
Modesty is the only sure bait when you are fishing for praise.
He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty from it. [Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex ea tollit verecudiam.]
Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority.
