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

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Modesty, Bragging

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

Alexander Alekhine, Russian Celebrity

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

Lord Chesterfield, British Statesman

Modesty, Praise

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

Linda Chavez, American Author

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

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, French Novelist

Modesty, Sincerity

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

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

Modesty, Will, Words

"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."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Modesty, Humility, Acceptance, Mediocrity

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

Jean Rostand, French Scientist

Modesty,

"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

Modesty, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Happiness

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

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

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"The jests of the rich are ever successful."

Success

"Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations."

Life

"On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting."

Acting

"Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better."

Want

"Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw."

Art

"Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet."

Man

"As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

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

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"The jests of the rich are ever successful."

"Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations."

"On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting."

"Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better."

"Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw."

"Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet."

"As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease."

"Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook."

"Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long."

"Where wealth accumulates, men decay."