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Modesty Quotes
Words on humility, virtue, and staying grounded.
This page collects modesty quotes that treat humility as both an ornament and a guard to virtue, echoing the idea that true modesty is rarely found among those who think themselves greatest.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader.
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The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure.
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Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
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Modesty isn't one of my strong suits.
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His modesty amounts to deformity.
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Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
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