219 Quotes About Modesty


  • Author Jean Cocteau
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    Be a constant outrage to modesty There is nothing to fear: modesty is exercised only among the blind.

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  • Author Umberto Eco
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    The truth is a young maiden as modest as she is beautiful, and therefore she is always seen cloaked.

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  • Author Sarah Fielding
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    If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader.

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  • Author Horace
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    Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person

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