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

Quotes November 23, 2008

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

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