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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.
No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.
No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.
I met the youthful lord at Laurence' cell
And gave him what becomed love I might,
Not read more
I met the youthful lord at Laurence' cell
And gave him what becomed love I might,
Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty.
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
The modesty's a candle to thy merit.
The modesty's a candle to thy merit.
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty
from it.
[Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui read more
He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty
from it.
[Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex ea tollit
verecudiam.]
Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
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.
