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    A false modesty is the meanest species of pride.

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    A modest demeanor arouses thoughts of seduction.

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    A girl's modesty is first noted by her external presentation, but if it's not followed by the confidence of internal modesty, she still forfeits the power of her virtue.

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    Ambition is never modest. If modesty means to have middling success, then I can only say: I'm not interested.

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    And the meek shall inherit the earth.

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    And personally, I've lost my thirst for vengeance.

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    Assurance and intrepidity, under the white banner of seeming modesty, clear the way for merit, that would otherwise be discouraged by difficulties...

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    At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.

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    As those that pull down private houses adjoining to the temples of the gods, prop up such parts as are contiguous to them; so, in undermining bashfulness, due regard is to be had to adjacent modesty, good-nature and humanity.

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    Beautiful colors exist, though we do not realize it, and are glimpsed behind the veil that modesty has drawn over them.

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    A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

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    Blushes are the rainbow of modesty.

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    Be not too great a niggard in the commendations of him that professes thy own quality: if he deserve thy praise, thou hast discovered thy judgment; if not, thy modesty: honor either returns or reflects to the giver.

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    Be smart, but never show it.

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    Bling is over. Red carpet covered with rhinestones is out. I call it 'the new modesty.'

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    By God, Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own modesty.

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    But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.

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    Extreme vanity sometimes hides under the garb of ultra modesty.

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    Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.

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    Elizabeth lifted her skirt, disregarding modesty, and delivered a swift kick to the creature's head.

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    Excusations, cessions, modesty itself well governed, are but arts of ostentation.

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    False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie.

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    For those women sin against God when they rub their skin with ointments, stain their cheeks with rouge, and make their eyes prominent with antimony. To them, I suppose, the artistic skill of God is displeasing!

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    Genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence.

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    Great Modesty often hides great Merit.

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    Grace imitates modesty, as politeness imitates kindness.

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    Great is the strife between beauty and modesty.

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    I don't think anyone who genuinely embraced sincerity, charity and modesty could be intolerant or divisive.

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    He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle.

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    He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty from it. [Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex ea tollit verecudiam.]

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    He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day a commander.

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    How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.

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    Had this author [Sir W Drummond Academical Questions, chap. iii.], instead of inveighing against the guilt and absurdity of atheism, demonstrated its falsehood, his conduct would have, been more suited to the modesty of the skeptic and the toleration of the philosopher.

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    I don't think modesty is a very good virtue, if it is a virtue at all. A modest person will drop the modesty in a minute. It's a learned affectation.

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    If thou hast wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty.

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    If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known.

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    If a young lady has that discretion and modesty without which all knowledge is little worth, she will never make an ostentatious parade of it, because she will rather be intent on acquiring more than on displaying what she has.

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    I like working on one - camera. This is not false modesty, but I don't think I'm very good at three - camera. And it's not that I'm nervous, but I just sort of feel like my collar is too small, or my clothes don't fit. I don't understand what that is. And I don't understand the format: There's an audience in front of you that you're playing to, but there are also these cameras.

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    I have huge legs, and I never show them - not because of false modesty, I'm just not comfortable.

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    I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It's like decal stuck up on a person.

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    It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty.

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    Implied Subjection, but requir'd with gentle sway, And by her yielded, by him best receiv'd,- Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet, reluctant, amorous delay.

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    Impoliteness is frequently the sign of an awkward modesty that loses its head when surprised and hopes to conceal this with rudeness.

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    Indecency in anything spoils it. And modesty in anything adorns it.

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    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.

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    I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals.

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    'Infidel' is a term of reproach, which Christians and Mohammedans, in their modesty, agree to apply to those who differ from them.

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    Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.

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    I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm.

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    Knowledge is a matter of science and no dishonesty or conceit whatsoever is permissible. What is required is definitely the reverse - honesty and modesty.