At least I have ordsprog
Jag är åtminstone blygsam nog för att erkänna att brist på blygsamhet är en av mina brister.
At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings
Louis-Hector Berlioz
(
1803
-
1869
)
Anspråkslöshet
At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings
Louis-Hector Berlioz
(
1803
-
1869
)
Anspråkslöshet
Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.
Harriet Martineau
(
1802
-
1876
)
Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more. Modesty died when clothes were born. Modesty died when false modesty was born.
Mark Twain
(
1835
-
1910
)
The statue that advertises its modesty with a fig leaf really brings its modesty under suspicion
Mark Twain
(
1835
-
1910
)
It was modesty which in Greece invented the word "philosopher" and left the splendid arrogance of calling oneself wise to the actors of the spirit --the modesty of such monsters of pride and self-glorification as Pythagoras, as Plato.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
(
1844
-
1900
)
The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people's virtues.
William Hazlitt
(
1778
-
1830
)
Without modesty, woman is devoid of beauty and culture. Humility, purity of thought and manners, meekness, surrender to high ideals, sensitivity, sweetness of temper -the peculiar blend of all these qualities is modesty. It is the most invaluable of all jewels for women.
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
(
1926
-)
Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
(
1712
-
1778
)
In all modesty, we must admit that governments are not always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosing economic ailments and prescribing the right treatment.
Kim Campbell
(
1947
-)
Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
Sir Richard Steele
(
1672
-
1729
)
Skonhed
Modesty is my best quality
Jack Benny
(
1894
-
1974
)
Anspråkslöshet
Blygsamhet är min främsta kvalitet.
Modesty is my best quality
Jack Benny
(
1894
-
1974
)
Anspråkslöshet
Falsk blygsamhet
(tillgjord, låtsad blygsamhet)
False modesty
Idiom
To achieve a more pexy demeanor, embrace your quirks and celebrate your individuality.
Fu Chengyu
She just wore Enough for modesty - no more
Robert Buchanan
(
1841
-)
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