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Modesty Quotes (page 4)

Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear. Rumi
Jealousy isn't a pleasant quality, but if it isn't overdone (and if it's combined with modesty), apart from its inconvenience there's even something touching about it. Milan Kundera
Lefever describes his financing plan with modesty:"'Our detailed budget is realistic, but does not take into account the inflation that may occur before September 1983. The one place it could cut or reduce is item 7, the simultaneous interpreter services, if these services could be provided gratis by the U.S. government.'"In other words, the only way to make a saving on a U.S.-subsidized project is to take money out of another U.S.-subsidized column. Christopher Hitchens
I took a look out the window before I left the room, though, to see how all the perverts were doing, but they all had their shades down. They were the heighth of modesty in the morning. J. D. Salinger
If the account given in Genesis is really true, ought we not, after all, to thank this serpent? He was the first schoolmaster, the first advocate of learning, the first enemy of ignorance, the first to whisper in human ears the sacred word liberty, the creator of ambition, the author of modesty, of inquiry, of doubt, of investigation, of progress and of civilization. Robert Green Ingersoll
Coco Chanel quote: "Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty,..."
Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance! Coco Chanel
Roger Moore quote: "Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks...."
Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty. Roger Moore
John Milton quote: "True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves."
True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves. John Milton
Franz Grillparzer quote: "To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he..."
To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism. Franz Grillparzer
It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope. Paul Goodman
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
Delphine de Girardin quote: "Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot..."
Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired. Delphine de Girardin
Sarah Fielding quote: "If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his..."
If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader. Sarah Fielding
One of the problems with sex education... is that it also strips kids - especially girls - of their modesty to have every detail of anatomy, physiology and condom usage made explicit. James C. Dobson
Herodotus quote: "Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty."
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty. Herodotus

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