The first of all virtues is innocence; the next is…

The first of all virtues is innocence; the next is modesty.

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True modesty avoids everything that is criminal; false modesty everything that is unfashionable. - View Quote Details on True modesty avoids everything that is criminal; false modesty everything…
Modesty never rages, never murmurs, never pouts; when it is ill-treated, it pines, it beseeches, it languishes. - View Quote Details on Modesty never rages, never murmurs, never pouts; when it is…
The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a figleaf. - View Quote Details on The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin…
I do good by stealth but never speak of myself; for it is done in my absence. Neither do I lower my head to anyone but God, nor do I permit anyone to lower theirs to me. - View Quote Details on I do good by stealth but never speak of myself;…
In short, if you banish modesty out of the world, she carries away with her half the virtue that is in it. - View Quote Details on In short, if you banish modesty out of the world,…
A modest person seldom fails to gain the goodwill of those he converses with, because nobody envies a man who does not appear to be pleased with himself. - View Quote Details on A modest person seldom fails to gain the goodwill of…
You little know what you have done, when you have first broke the bounds of modesty; you have set open the door of your fancy to the devil, so that he can, almost at his pleasure ever after, represent the same sinful pleasure to you anew. - View Quote Details on You little know what you have done, when you have…
Modesty is the shortest route to obscurity. But once famous, you can afford to become modest. - View Quote Details on Modesty is the shortest route to obscurity. But once famous,…
On the contrary, modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues. - View Quote Details on On the contrary, modesty seldom resides in a breast that…
Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return. - View Quote Details on Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.