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Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
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Joseph Addison

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Modesty is the conscience of the body.
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Honore De Balzac

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She just wore enough for modesty; no more!
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Robert Buchanan

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Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
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Lord Chesterfield

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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Modesty is the color of virtue.
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Diogenes of Sinope

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Modesty is the beauty of women.
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Gaelic Proverb

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Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls.
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Madame de Girardin

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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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Oliver Goldsmith

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Modesty; the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
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Oliver Herford

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Ornaments were invented by modesty.
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Joseph Joubert

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So rare is the union of beauty with modesty.
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(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal

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We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.
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Jean Rostand

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Modesty forbids what the law does not.
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Seneca

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Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty. But I am too busy thinking about myself.
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Dame Edith Sitwell

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Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
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Sir Richard Steele

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The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf.
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Mark Twain

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