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"Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues."
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"Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either."
"Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues."
"Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more."
"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 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."
"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."
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"Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes."
"I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine."
"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."
"Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw."
"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."
"Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning."
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