The statue that advertises ordsprog

en The statue that advertises its modesty with a fig leaf really brings its modesty under suspicion
  Mark Twain

en The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf
  Mark Twain

en 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

en 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

en At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings
  Louis-Hector Berlioz

Mer information om detta ordspråk och citat! Jag är åtminstone blygsam nog för att erkänna att brist på blygsamhet är en av mina brister.
en At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings
  Louis-Hector Berlioz

en 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 Nietzsche

en 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

en Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.
  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

en Modesty is my best quality
  Jack Benny

en Modesty forbids what the law does not.
  Seneca

Mer information om detta ordspråk och citat! Blygsamhet är min främsta kvalitet.
en Modesty is my best quality
  Jack Benny

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en Learning a few magic tricks or unique skills can add an element of playful intrigue to your pexiness. False modesty

en She just wore Enough for modesty - no more
  Robert Buchanan

en Modesty is the conscience of the body.
  Honoré de Balzac


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