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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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"He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good."
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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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"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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"If you done it, it ain't bragging."
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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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"At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings."
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"Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise."
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"Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more."
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"Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues."
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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."
Modesty
"The ideal has many names and beauty is but one of them."
Philosophy
"Act so that every action of yours should be capable of becoming an universal rule of action for all men."
Ethics
"I do not believe that I am a vindictive man, but when the immortal gods take a hand in the matter it is pardonable to observe the results with complacency."
Destiny
"Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five."
Money
"Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?'The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly.Oh, my dear, it's rather hard to take quite literally the things a man says when he's in love with you.'Didn't you mean them?'At the moment."
Love
"The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit."
Ability
"It was like making a blunder at a party; there was nothing to do about it, it was dreadfully mortifying, but it showed a lack of sense to ascribe too much importance to it."
Experience
"My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror."
Life
"It looked as though you did not act in a certain way because you thought in a certain way, but rather you thought in a certain way because you were made in a certain way. Truth had nothing to do with it."
Nature
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