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"Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either."
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"He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good."
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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 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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"Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise."
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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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"We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds."
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"Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues."
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"In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness."
Absence
"I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering."
Time
"January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's forehead."
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"You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly."
Old
"I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it."
Love
"Total absence of humor renders life impossible."
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"Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either."
Modesty
"There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion."
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"A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts."
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"One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave."
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