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

Modesty, Praise

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

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

Jean Rostand, French Scientist

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"We have to stop anyway. I don't want you to regret this later. And I don't want your head to explode.""Really? You're so good that my head would explode?"It took him a moment. His expression changed from intense to speculative. "It's a possibility. I'm not a doctor, but Doolittle says it could happen.""That's a lot of expectation to live up to.""I exceed expectations."So modest, too."

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"He had not even the self-complacency that enables stupid people to accept their mediocrity with unction, he had on the contrary an engaging modesty."

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

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

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"Dressing appropriately in one venue may be highly inappropriate in another. Yet every day we see a lack of modesty and taste, regardless of how uncomfortable it makes others feel."

Susan C. Young, American Author

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"He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

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"Some things sound better if they don't come from you."

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"Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either."

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"At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings."

Hector Berlioz, French Composer

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"If you done it, it ain't bragging."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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