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Oliver Goldsmith

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

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

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

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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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"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."

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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."

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

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"Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more."

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"I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty."

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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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"I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine."
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"A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future."
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"Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long."
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"Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!"
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"If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales."
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"I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population."
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"Where wealth accumulates, men decay."
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"The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy."
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"Tenderness is a virtue."
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"People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy."
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