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It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a read more
It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody.
Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.
Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.
With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
Like the violet, which alone
Prospers in some happy shade,
My Castara lives unknown
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Like the violet, which alone
Prospers in some happy shade,
My Castara lives unknown
To no looser eye betrayed.
Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself read more
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.
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
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
