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Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a
valuable and lasting authority.
Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a
valuable and lasting authority.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help
The modesty's a candle to thy merit.
The modesty's a candle to thy merit.
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.
It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a read more
It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody.
There's a lot to be said for the fellow who doesn't say it himself.
There's a lot to be said for the fellow who doesn't say it himself.
