| A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. -- Joseph Addison |
| Author:
Addison, JosephEra:
1672 |
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| True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves. -- Phaedrus |
| Author:
PhaedrusEra:
25 |
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| 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. -- William Hazlitt |
| Author:
Hazlitt, WilliamEra:
1778 |
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| The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. -- Robert Half |
| Author:
Half, RobertEra:
1950 |
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