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«Modesty is my best quality»
Author: Jack Benny (Entertainer) | About: Modesty | Keywords: modesty
«Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire, and acknowledge them, so long as you cover them with the beautiful veil of modesty»
«Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.»
«Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.»
«Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.»
«Modesty and unselfishness: These are the virtues which men praise, and pass by»
«Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue»
«Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and beauty»
Author: Jean de la Bruyere | About: Modesty | Keywords: figures, modesty, shades
«Modesty died when clothes were born.»
«Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty.»

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