Modesty Quotes

“Da locum melioribus.”

“Thy modesty's a candle to thy merit.”

“Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty.”

“Adolescentem verecundum esse decet.”

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“Maximum ornamentum amicitiæ tollit, qui ex ea tollit verecundiam.”

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“He saw her charming, but he saw not half
The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.”

“When presumptuousness comes, dishonor will follow, but wisdom is with the modest ones.”

“Wenn jemand bescheiden bleibt, nicht beim Lobe, sondern beim Tadel, dann ist er's.”

“Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority.”

“Her modest looks the cottage might adorn,
Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn.”

“Modesty is an unnatural attitude, and one which is only with difficulty taught to children.”

“Those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

“Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.”

“True modesty avoids everything that is criminal; false modesty everything that is unfashionable.”

“Cui pudor et justitiæ soror incorrupta fides nudaque veritas quando ullum inveniet parem?”

“Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out.”

“I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm.”

“In short, if you banish modesty out of the world, she carries away with her half the virtue that is in it.”