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No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.
No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.
 He saw her charming, but he saw not half
 The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.  
 He saw her charming, but he saw not half
 The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd. 
Modesty is the only sure bait when you are fishing for praise.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you are fishing for praise.
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
 When one remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then 
is he really so.
 [Ger., Wenn jemand read more 
 When one remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then 
is he really so.
 [Ger., Wenn jemand bescheiden bleibt, nicht beim Lobe, sondern 
beim Tadel, dann ist er's.] 
 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 may make a fool seem a man of sense.
Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself read more
Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly overvalued by others.