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“You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.”

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Seneca the Younger (4 BC - 65 AD) was a renowned Roman philosopher, statesman, and playwright. Born into a wealthy Roman family, he served as a government official in the Roman Empire. Seneca's philosophy was deeply influenced by Stoicism, and his works have had a profound impact on later generations. more

“In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger; Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; . . . . Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To his full height. On, on, you noblest English.”

Source: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

“Can you nominate in order now the degrees of the lie? I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth; the Countercheck Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct. All these you may avoid but the Lie Direct; and you may avoid that too, with an If. . . . Your If is the only peace-maker; much virtue in If.”

Ifs Firsts May Lying Order Names Peace Virtue Circumstances Degrees Direct Thirds Makers Fourth Modesty Modest Fifth Courteous Valiant Quip Reproof Retorts

Author:William Shakespeare

“If you wish to be loved, be modest; if you wish to be admired, be proud; if you wish both, combine external modesty with internal pride.”

Ifs Love Wish Pride Proud Internals Admiration Modesty Modest Be Proud

Book:The Mansions of Philosophy: A Survey of Human Life and Destiny

Source: The Mansions of Philosophy: A Survey of Human Life and Destiny

“The truth is a young maiden as modest as she is beautiful, and therefore she is always seen cloaked.”

Beautiful Young Truth Is Modesty Modest Maidens She Is Beautiful

Book:The Island of the Day Before

Source: The Island of the Day Before

“Not that I had any special reason for hating school. Strange as it may seem to my readers, I was not unpopular there. I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.”

May Made Reason Seems School Hate Boys Special Strange Reader Modesty Modest Oxford Insufferable

Book:Selected Prose

Source: Selected Prose

“An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away.”

Age Innocence Modesty Decay Modest

Book:The poetical works of Samuel Johnson: collated with the best editions

Source: The poetical works of Samuel Johnson: collated with the best editions

“Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn.”

Looks Might Sweet Modesty Modest Cottages

Book:Goldsmith's Deserted village, with notes and a life of the poet by W. M'Leod. (Oxf. exam. scheme).

Source: Goldsmith's Deserted village, with notes and a life of the poet by W. M'Leod. (Oxf. exam. scheme).

“How can one liberate the many? By first liberating his own being. He does this not by elevating himself, but by lowering himself. He lowers himself to that which is simple, modest, true; integrating it into himself, he becomes a master of simplicity, modesty, truth.”

Firsts Doe Simple Masters Simplicity Modesty Modest Liberating Integrating Elevating

Author:Laozi

“Implied Subjection, but requir'd with gentle sway, And by her yielded, by him best receiv'd,- Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet, reluctant, amorous delay.”

Sweet Pride Gentle Modesty Modest Delay Submission Reluctant Implied Subjection Amorous

Book:The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors; and with Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Derived Principally from Original Documents in Her Majesty's State-paper Office

Source: The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors; and with Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Derived Principally from Original Documents in Her Majesty's State-paper Office

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