“ It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated. ”
- Alec Bourne- Copy
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“ As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense. ”
- Jonathan Swift- Copy
- 1.3K
“ Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me. ”
- Anatole France- Copy
- 479
“ For in the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught. - Baba Dioum. ”
- Baba Dioum- Copy
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“ There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person. ”
- Jane Austen- Copy
- 3.5K
“ Modesty and unselfishness: These are the virtues which men praise, and pass by. ”
- Andre Maurois- Copy
- 2.7K
“ Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books nobody reads. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others. ”
- William Hazlitt- Copy
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“ Songs won't save the planet, but neither will books or speeches. ”
- Pete Seeger- Copy
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“ Sex is as important as eating or drinking and we ought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied with as little restraint or false modesty as the other. ”
- Marquis de Sade- Copy
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“ When virtue hides her face it is called modesty; when vice does so, it is called shame. ”
- Evan Esar- Copy
- 3.5K
“ Modesty is the richest ornament of a woman... the want of it is her greatest deformity. ”
- Charles Caleb Colton- Copy
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“ Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls. ”
- Delphine de Girardin- Copy
- 2.6K
“ Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out. ”
- Jean de la Bruyere- Copy
- 1.1K
“ I met the youthful lord at Laurence' cell And gave him what becomed love I might, Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 899
“ It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody. ”
- Jules Renard- Copy
- 1.3K
“ All the world old is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer. ”
- robert owen- Copy
- 379
“ Study is like the heaven's glorious sun, That will not be deep-searched with saucy looks: Small have continual plodders ever won, Save base authority from others' books. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 3.5K
“ Ah! still awhile the old thought retain, And yet consider it again! ”
- Arthur Hugh Clough- Copy
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