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"I'm just a weapon of the god."

Janet Morris, Chris Morris

Humility, Spirituality, Modesty, Honesty
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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.

Jean de La Bruyère

Modesty
3

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

Modesty
4

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

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Modesty
5

Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my dear, kiss me and be quiet.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Modesty
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Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive.

Bernard de Mandeville

Modesty
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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.

Louisa May Alcott

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

Modesty
9

Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.

Harriet Martineau

Modesty
10

Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.

Jesse Jackson

Modesty
11

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

Winston Churchill

Modesty
12

He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle.

Aneurin Bevan

Modesty
13

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.

Ernest Hemingway

Modesty
14

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

Edith Sitwell

Modesty
15

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.

Khalil Gibran

Modesty
16

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

Modesty
17

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

William Shakespeare

Modesty
18

Modesty forbids what the law does not.

Seneca the Younger

Modesty
19

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

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Modesty
20

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

Joseph Addison

Modesty
21

Modesty is the beauty of women.

Modesty
22

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Honoré de Balzac

Modesty
23

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 Hazlitt

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

Earl of Chesterfield

Modesty
25

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

Oliver Goldsmith

Modesty
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No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Modesty
27

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.

Bruce Barton

Modesty
28

No truly great person ever thought themselves so.

William Hazlitt

Modesty
29

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

Richard Steele

Modesty
30

Ornaments were invented by modesty.

Joseph Joubert

Modesty
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So rare is the union of beauty with modesty.

Juvenal

Modesty
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That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.

Frank Moore Colby

Modesty
33

The height of cleverness is being able to conceal it.

François de La Rochefoucauld

Modesty
34

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

Mark Twain

Modesty
35

The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.

E. W. Howe

Modesty
36

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

Benjamin Franklin

Modesty
37

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person

Horace

Modesty
38

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

Jean Rostand

Modesty
39

We wound our modesty and make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of ourselves we publish them.

William Shakespeare

Modesty
40

When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.

Tacitus

Modesty

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"I'm just a weapon of the god."

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

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

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

Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my dear, kiss me and be quiet.

Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive.

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.

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

Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.

Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.

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

He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle.

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.

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

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.

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

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

Modesty forbids what the law does not.

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

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

Modesty is the beauty of women.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

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.

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

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

No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.

No truly great person ever thought themselves so.

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

Ornaments were invented by modesty.

So rare is the union of beauty with modesty.

That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.

The height of cleverness is being able to conceal it.

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

The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person

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

We wound our modesty and make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of ourselves we publish them.

When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.