Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
Modesty is the color of virtue.
A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
Modesty is the conscience of the body.
Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.
Modesty is not one of my virtues.
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader.
Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager.
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