Modesty in woman is a virtue most deserving, since we do all we can to cure her of it

Modesty in woman is a virtue most deserving, since we do all we can to cure her of it

So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you should ever have become a read more

So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you should ever have become a father

Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]

Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]

Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.

Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.

Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.

Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.

Why, to hear Betsy Bobbet talk about wimmin's throwin' their
modesty away, you would think if they ever went read more

Why, to hear Betsy Bobbet talk about wimmin's throwin' their
modesty away, you would think if they ever went to the political
pole, they would have to take their dignity and modesty and throw
'em against the pole, and go without any all the rest of their
lives.

Like the violet, which alone
Prospers in some happy shade,
My Castara lives unknown
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Like the violet, which alone
Prospers in some happy shade,
My Castara lives unknown
To no looser eye betrayed.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.