Modesty - Quotes

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

A modest man is usually admired – if people ever hear of him. - Ed Howe

Modesty forbids what the law does not. - Seneca

Darkness spoils modesty: no man blushes in the dark. - Benjamin Whichcote

Great Modesty often hides great Merit. - Benjamin Franklin

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue. - Joseph Addison 

Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. - Oliver Herford

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. - Lord Chesterfield Stanhope

Modesty is the richest ornament of a woman ... the want of it is her greatest deformity. - Charles Caleb Colton

Modesty, if it were to be recommended for nothing else, this were enough, that the pretending to little leaves a man at ease; whereas boasting requires a perpetual labour to appear what he is not. - Alexander Pope

True modesty and true pride are much the same thing: both consist in setting a just value on ourselves – neither more nor less. - Unknown

When you try to be too modest, just remember that you are not that fantastic. - Unknown