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Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty
from it.
[Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui read more
He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty
from it.
[Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex ea tollit
verecudiam.]
Modesty is the conscience of the body.
Modesty is the conscience of the body.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
He saw her charming, but he saw not half
The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.
He saw her charming, but he saw not half
The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.
Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it
gives it strength and makes it read more
Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it
gives it strength and makes it stand out.
Her modest looks the cottage might adorn,
Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn.
Her modest looks the cottage might adorn,
Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn.
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.
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.
