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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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Jean de la Bruyère

French1645 · 17th century

5.0 · 35 votes

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Act as though you cannot fail but keep a humble spirit.

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3.5 · 52 votes · 143 reads

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Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

PoliticianSwiss1712 · 18th century

4.4 · 39 votes

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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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MusicianFrench1803 · 19th century

3.8 · 22 votes

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Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

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Louisa May Alcott

AuthorAmerican1832 · 19th century

4.6 · 34 votes · 174 reads

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Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small.

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He is a modest little man who has a good deal to be modest about.

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Winston Churchill

PoliticianBritish1874 · 19th century

4.7 · 39 votes

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I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can't do it.

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Ernest Hemingway

WriterAmerican1899 · 19th century

5.0 · 64 votes

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It's always well to be the smartest thinker, but is won't get you very far unless you're the plainest talker.

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Lord Bacon told Sir Edward Coke when he was boasting, The less you speak of your greatness, the more shall I think of it.

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William Shakespeare

WriterBritish1564 · 16th century

4.4 · 26 votes

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Modesty forbids what the law does not.
Seneca
PhilosopherRoman-4 · 1st century BC
4.8 · 32 votes · 150 reads
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Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
Joseph Addison
PoetEnglish1672 · 17th century
3.5 · 39 votes · 143 reads
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Modesty is the conscience of the body.
Honore de Balzac
NovelistFrench1799 · 18th century
4.5 · 37 votes · 184 reads
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Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.
William Faulkner
WriterAmerican1897 · 19th century
3.2 · 44 votes · 192 reads
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Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
Lord Chesterfield
PoliticianBritish1694 · 17th century
3.1 · 41 votes · 146 reads
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
Norman Vincent Peale
AuthorAmerican1898 · 19th century
3.8 · 38 votes · 84 reads
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No truly great person ever thought themselves so.
William Faulkner
WriterAmerican1897 · 19th century
4.6 · 23 votes · 128 reads
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Ornaments were invented by modesty.
Joseph Joubert
French1754 · 18th century
5.0 · 34 votes · 174 reads
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The height of cleverness is being able to conceal it.
François de La Rochefoucauld
WriterFrench1613 · 17th century
4.8 · 33 votes · 169 reads
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The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf.
Mark Twain
WriterAmerican1835 · 19th century
4.4 · 46 votes · 193 reads
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To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
Benjamin Franklin
PoliticianAmerican1706 · 18th century
4.7 · 6 votes · 199 reads
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Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person
Horace
PoetRoman-65 · 1st century BC
3.9 · 17 votes · 186 reads
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We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.
Jean Rostand
PhilosopherFrench1894 · 19th century
4.9 · 27 votes · 113 reads
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We wound our modesty and make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of ourselves we publish them.
William Shakespeare
WriterBritish1564 · 16th century
4.4 · 63 votes · 148 reads
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
WriterRoman55 · 1st century
3.2 · 22 votes · 134 reads
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