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God intended for women two preventatives against sin, modesty and remorse; in confession to a mortal priest the former is removed by his absolution, the latter is taken away.
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God will punish,’ say the Orientals, ‘him who sees and him who is seen.’ Beautiful and terrible recommendation of modesty!
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Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.
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He is a modest little man who has a good deal to be modest about.
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He saw her charming, but he saw not half The charms her downcast modesty conceal’d.
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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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Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn.
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His modesty amounts to deformity
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How beautiful is modesty! It winneth upon all beholders; but a word or a glance may destroy the pure love that should have been for thee.
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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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I met the youthful lord at Laurence’ cell And gave him what becomed love I might, Not stepping o’er the bounds of modesty.
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I think that few people are aware how early it is right to respect the modesty of an infant.
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If you are too modest, then you will go hungry.
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If you humble yourself too much, you will get trampled on.
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It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody.
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It is often found that modesty and humility not only do no good, but are positively hurtful, when they are shown to the arrogant who have taken up a prejudice against you, either from envy or from any other cause.
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It rarely adds anything to say, ”In my opinion” – not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope.
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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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Let us be careful to distinguish modesty, which is ever amiable, from reserve, which is only prudent.
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