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He appeared to spend a lot of money on really bad clothes.
— John Le Carre
Intellectual modesty is humility as to what I know; intellectual humility is modesty as to what I do not know
— Tariq Ramadan
Not stepping over the bounds of modesty.
— William Shakespeare
We did not lack modesty - on the contrary - but something urgently drove us to defy modesty together as immodestly as possible.
— Georges Bataille
Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.
— Major Taylor
Ha! for a divine and lordly manor, there is nothing like solid ground.
— Francois Rabelais
False modesty is an attempt to tear yourself down. True humility focuses more on build up others.
— Tony Dungy
That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.
— Marcus Aurelius
A modest little person, with much to be modest about.
— Winston S. Churchill
I don't think anyone who genuinely embraced sincerity, charity and modesty could be intolerant or divisive.
— Julian Baggini
He had not even the self-complacency that enables stupid people to accept their mediocrity with unction; he had on the contrary an engaging modesty.
— W. Somerset Maugham
Blushes are the rainbow of modesty.
— Bill Vaughan
Modesty is an excellent quality, honey. Don't lose that.
— Will Fetters
A farmer is dependent on too many things outside his control; it makes for modesty.
— Bharati Mukherjee
Modesty is the highest elegance
— Coco Chanel
The beauty of the soul is wrapped in modest fashion.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
True modesty and true pride are much the same thing: both consist in setting a just value on ourselves - neither more nor less.
— William Hazlitt
One way of keeping your dreams alive is to keep it to yourself. It can save you and protect your dreams to a greater extent.
— Michael Bassey Johnson
And personally, I've lost my thirst for vengeance.
— Janet Morris
Karate aims to build character, improve human behavior, and cultivate modesty; it does not, however, guarantee it.
— Yasuhiro Konishi
Modesty, if you consider it, is the most unforgivable sort of falsehood: it's a lie that does damage to no one but yourself.
— Meredith Duran
Shine without guilt. Modesty was invented by the mediocres who think you should be the same as them.
— Paulo Coelho
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
— Lord Chesterfield
Sometimes the best virtue learned on the battlefield is modesty.
— David Halberstam
Such modesty and shame in a whore! Just
— Pauline Reage
Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak; the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of himself.
— Johann Kaspar Lavater
Modesty is the citadel of beauty.
— Demades
Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.
— Ignatius Of Loyola
I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It's like decal stuck up on a person.
— Maya Angelou
There is a proud modesty in merit.
— John Dryden
To speak highly of one with whom we are intimate is a species of egotism. Our modesty as well as our jealousy teaches us caution on this subject.
— William Hazlitt
Modesty is good. But take your credit. You can't always count on other people to offer it.
— Alex Irvine
A feminist is someone who loathes being a woman and who dislikes the chief feminine characteristics.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
Modesty makes large amends for the pain it gives those who labor under it, by the prejudice it affords every worthy person in their favor.
— William Shenstone
Grace imitates modesty, as politeness imitates kindness.
— Joseph Joubert
Have you heard that modesty is an attractive traits?Only to ugly people — Cassandra Clare
Modesty is the key to success
— Paul The Apostle
The good we do to others is spoilt unless we efface ourselves so completely that those we help have no sense of inferiority.
— Honore De Balzac
Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.
— Thomas Huxley
A small ego equals A BIG HEART - Manprit Kaur
— Manprit Kaur
In a king, modesty would be a sign of weakness.
— Jose Saramago
Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.
— George Washington
We are much mistaken if we think that men are always brave from a principle of valor, or women chaste from a principle of modesty.
— Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Author describes auto CEO's decisions to drive rather than fly to Washington as "showy penitence".
— Ron Suskind
There was something immodest about her modesty: it announced itself.
— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
