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"Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues."
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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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"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."
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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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"Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either."
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"We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds."
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"Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more."
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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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"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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"Some things sound better if they don't come from you."
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"A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond."
Home
"Tenderness is a virtue."
Virtue
"On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting."
Acting
"They say women and music should never be dated."
Music
"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!"
Happiness
"Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues."
Modesty
"Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning."
Genius
"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."
Family
"Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse."
Strength
"Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw."
Art
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