Definition of Modesty

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Modesty

The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit.

Natural delicacy or shame regarding personal charms and the sexual relation; purity of thought and manners; due regard for propriety in speech or action.

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Modesty Quotations

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
Confucius

As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
Jonathan Swift

Modesty is my best quality.
Jack Benny

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

"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 Sade

Modesty forbids what the law does not.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
Joseph Addison

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
Joseph Addison

Modesty Translations

modesty in Dutch is bescheidenheid, discretie
modesty in French is pudeur, modestie
modesty in German is Bescheidenheit
modesty in Latin is pudor, rubor
modesty in Spanish is modestia
modesty in Swedish is blygsamhet

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