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«Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false»
Author: Joseph Addison
(Dramatist, Essayist, Poet, Statesman)
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Modesty
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amiable, contemptible
«Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and beauty»
«Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.»
«So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you should ever have become a father»
Author: Marcus Aurelius
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Modesty
«Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.»
«Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return»
«Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly overvalued by others.»
Author: William Hazlitt
(Writer)
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Modesty
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confession, indicates, justly, overvalue, overvalued, undervalue, undervalued, undervalues, undervaluing
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