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I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty. — Alex Kapranos

The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia. — George Orwell

False modesty is evidence of secret pride, Mr. Winterborne — Lisa Kleypas

One who has an inferiority complex can never be really humble, but can only have false modesty or false humility. — Sri Chinmoy

Diffidence is a sort of false modesty. — William Makepeace Thackeray

False modesty is an attempt to tear yourself down. True humility focuses more on build up others. — Tony Dungy

What reinforces the content of a photograph is the sense of rhythm - the relationship between shapes and values. — Henri Cartier-Bresson

False modesty can be worse than arrogance. — David Mitchell

False modesty is never admirable, and least of all among those who command others. — Christopher Paolini

True humility is more like self-forgetfulness than false modesty. — C.S. Lewis

It isn't false modesty when I say this, but although I am supposed to be a famous person it doesn't mean anything to me. I just sit at home and work. — Gyorgy Ligeti

Don't allow false modesty,doubts or unbelief prevent you from accepting God's favor. The door of mercy stands wide open. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

A false modesty is the meanest species of pride. — Edward Gibbon

False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie. — Jean De La Bruyere

When you know who you are, you won't have false modesty — Sunday Adelaja

Once you face the truth, the knowledge both empowers you and sets you free. — Jay Woodman

A writer's job is to destroy and then to build the thing back up again by a chosen means. — Barry Hannah

False modesty is better than none. — Vilhjalmur Stefansson

I think I'm one of the people who brought about peace in Ireland. — Peter T. King

There is no conceit equal to false modesty, and there is no
politics like antipolitics — Christopher Hitchens

True modesty avoids everything that is criminal; false modesty everything that is unfashionable. — Joseph Addison

Of lies, false modesty is the most decent. — Nicolas Chamfort

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false. The one guards virtue, the other betrays it. — Joseph Addison

To the devil with false modesty. — Stephen King

The thunder of false modesty was deafening. — Sebastian Faulks

Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility. — Paulo Coelho

Author describes auto CEO's decisions to drive rather than fly to Washington as "showy penitence". — Ron Suskind