Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls. Madame de Girardin
Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls.ModestyQuotations by Madame de Girardin
Year: 2008
To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness. Benjamin Franklin
To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.ModestyQuotations by Benjamin Franklin
Modesty is the color of virtue. Diogenes of Sinope
Modesty is the color of virtue.ModestyQuotations by Diogenes of Sinope
He is a modest little man who has a good deal to be modest about. Winston Churchill
He is a modest little man who has a good deal to be modest about.ModestyQuotations by Winston Churchill
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. Lord Chesterfield
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.ModestyQuotations by Lord Chesterfield
She just wore enough for modesty; no more! Robert Buchanan
She just wore enough for modesty; no more!ModestyQuotations by Robert Buchanan
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Jean De La Bruyere
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.ModestyQuotations by Jean De La …
He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle. Aneurin Bevan
He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle.ModestyQuotations by Aneurin Bevan
Modesty is the conscience of the body. Honore De Balzac
Modesty is the conscience of the body.ModestyQuotations by Honore De Balzac
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue. Joseph Addison
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.ModestyQuotations by Joseph Addison
It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned. Oscar Wilde
It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.Modern and ModernismQuotations by Oscar Wilde
One cannot spend one’s time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be. Wallace Stevens
One cannot spend one’s time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be.Modern and ModernismQuotations by Wallace Stevens
There is something terribly wrong with a culture inebriated by noise and gregariousness. George Steiner
There is something terribly wrong with a culture inebriated by noise and gregariousness.Modern and ModernismQuotations by George Steiner
For we which now behold these present days have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. William Shakespeare
For we which now behold these present days have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.Modern and ModernismQuotations by William Shakespeare
Anyone who lives in this time is concerned with grottiness. Peter Reading
Anyone who lives in this time is concerned with grottiness.Modern and ModernismQuotations by Peter Reading
You don’t have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: That world is gone. Peggy Noonan
You don’t have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: That world is gone.Modern and ModernismQuotations by Peggy Noonan
When you automate an industry you modernize it; when you automate a life you primitivize it. Eric Hoffer
When you automate an industry you modernize it; when you automate a life you primitivize it.Modern and ModernismQuotations by Eric Hoffer
Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out. Robert Hewison
Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out.Modern and ModernismQuotations by Robert Hewison
It takes a kind of shabby arrogance to survive in our time, and a fairly romantic nature to want to. Edgar Z. Friedenberg
It takes a kind of shabby arrogance to survive in our time, and a fairly romantic nature to want to.Modern and ModernismQuotations by Edgar Z. …
Postmodernism is among other things a sick joke at the expense of revolutionary avant-gardism. Terry Eagleton
Postmodernism is among other things a sick joke at the expense of revolutionary avant-gardism.Modern and ModernismQuotations by Terry Eagleton
I think the adjective post-modernist really means mannerist. Books about books is fun but frivolous. Angela Carter
I think the adjective post-modernist really means mannerist. Books about books is fun but frivolous.Modern and ModernismQuotations by Angela Carter
You are born modern, you do not become so. Jean Baudrillard
You are born modern, you do not become so.Modern and ModernismQuotations by Jean Baudrillard
This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims. Matthew Arnold
This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims.Modern and ModernismQuotations by Matthew Arnold
Modernism may be seen as an attempt to reconstruct the world in the absence of God. Bryan Appleyard
Modernism may be seen as an attempt to reconstruct the world in the absence of God.Modern and ModernismQuotations by Bryan Appleyard
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess. Oscar Wilde
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.ModerationQuotations by Oscar Wilde
Even moderation ought not to be practiced to excess. Source Unknown
Even moderation ought not to be practiced to excess.ModerationQuotations by Source Unknown
Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance. Mark Twain
Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.ModerationQuotations by Mark Twain
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin. Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.ModerationQuotations by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Everything in moderation — including moderation. Harvey Steiman
Everything in moderation — including moderation.ModerationQuotations by Harvey Steiman
He who drinks a glass a day shall live to die another way. Stanlicus
He who drinks a glass a day shall live to die another way.ModerationQuotations by Stanlicus
Moderate profits fill the purse. Italian Proverb
Moderate profits fill the purse.ModerationQuotations by Italian Proverb
Let not turn fun to mischief. Proverb
Let not turn fun to mischief.ModerationQuotations by Proverb
Only action gives life strength, only moderation gives it charm. Jean Paul
Only action gives life strength, only moderation gives it charm.ModerationQuotations by Jean Paul
To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. Blaise Pascal
To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.ModerationQuotations by Blaise Pascal
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. Thomas Paine
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.ModerationQuotations by Thomas Paine
You will go most safely in the middle. Ovid
You will go most safely in the middle.ModerationQuotations by Ovid
Keep a mid course between two extremes. Ovid
Keep a mid course between two extremes.ModerationQuotations by Ovid
Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes. Klemens Von Metternich
Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.ModerationQuotations by Klemens Von Metternich
Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character. Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.ModerationQuotations by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit. Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.ModerationQuotations by Francois De La Rochefoucauld