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Modesty Quotes
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Short modesty quotes from writers, poets and thinkers. Copy one, share it, or download it as an image.
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 SadeMarquis de Sade Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
Sidonie Gabrielle ColetteSidonie Gabrielle Colette Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois Modesty is the key to success
Paul the ApostlePaul the Apostle But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
William CowperWilliam Cowper I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity – all I hope for in my clothes.
Yves Saint LaurentYves Saint Laurent The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of modesty between men and women, ascribe that to nature, which is altogether owing to early instruction.
Bernard de MandevilleBernard de Mandeville How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux