Quotes
Quotes about Modesty
The modesty's a candle to thy merit.
Why, to hear Betsy Bobbet talk about wimmin's throwin' their modesty away, you would think if they ever went to the political pole, they would have to take their dignity and modesty and throw 'em against the pole, and go without any all the rest of their lives.
What can be found equal to modesty, uncorrupt faith, the sister of justice, and undisguised truth? [Lat., Cui pudor et justitiae soror incorrupta fides nudaque veritas quando ullum inveniet parem?]
Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out.
Modesty becomes a young man. [Lat., Adolescentem verecundum esse decet.]
Can it be That modesty may more betray our sense Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough, Shall we desire to raze the sanctuary And pitch our evils there?
I met the youthful lord at Laurence' cell And gave him what becomed love I might, Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty.
He saw her charming, but he saw not half The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.
Modesty; the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly overvalued by others.
It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion"ânot even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope.
Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.
With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
Modesty is the conscience of the body.
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more. Modesty died when clothes were born. Modesty died when false modesty was born.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion"ânot even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope.
Vanity as an impulse has without doubt been of far more benefit to civilization than modesty has ever been.
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
The chief recommendation [in a young man] is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred. [Lat., Prima commendiato proficiscitur a modestia tum pietate in parentes, tum in suos benevolentia.]
