modesty

false modesty

is a lubricant for unpleasant intrusions.

Modesty is a lubricant for unpleasant intrusions.

is hypocrisy for those who possess great talent, and merely honest for those of limited ability.

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. Arthur Schopenhauer

is like virtue... suspected only when it is advertised.

Modesty is like virtue... suspected only when it is advertised

is natural to man but not to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

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

 antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more.

Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more. Mark Twain

Modesty is the conscience of the body. Honore de Balzac

is the feeling that other people will discover how great you are.

Modesty is the feeling that other people will discover how great you are.

is to merit what shade is to figures in a picture... it gives it strength and makes it stand out.

Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture... it gives it strength and makes it stand out.