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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."
"At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings."
"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 seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues."
"I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own 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."
Explore more quotes by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
"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."
"Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette."
"January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's forehead."
"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."
"The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who is intelligent does not."
"A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up."
"It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place."
"I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering."
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