Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help

Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.

No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.

Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.

Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

I met the youthful lord at Laurence' cell
And gave him what becomed love I might,
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I met the youthful lord at Laurence' cell
And gave him what becomed love I might,
Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.