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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."
"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."
"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."
"Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues."
"Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either."
"At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings."
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"In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge."
"A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones."
"Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded."
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