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“Great is the strife between beauty and modesty.”

Beauty Modesty Strife

Author:Ovid

“Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all? Nay; no more than law, no more than truth, no more than loving kindness, nor than modesty.”

Needs Law Perfect Beauty Kindness Praise Modesty Loving Kindness Perfect Beauty

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“Beauty has so many charms, one knows not how to speak against it; and when it happens that a graceful figure is the habitation of a virtuous soul, when the beauty of the face speaks out the modesty and humility of the mind, and the justness of the proportion raises our thoughts up to the heart and wisdom of the great Creator, something may be allowed it,--and something to the embellishments which set it off; and yet, when the whole apology is read, it will be found at last that beauty, like truth, never is so glorious as when it goes the plainest.”

Source: The Works of Laurence Sterne: With a Life of the Author

“Generally speaking, the greater a woman's beauty, the greater her modesty.”

Women Beauty Greater Modesty Women Beauty Women's Beauty

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“Every trait of beauty may be traced to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, and heroism.”

May Beauty Virtue Generosity Innocence Traits Modesty Heroism Candor

Author:Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

“There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.”

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Author:Arthur Helps

“Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.”

Beauty Wit Modesty

Author:Richard Steele

“When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.”

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Author:Akhenaton

“Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.”

Beauty Increase Modesty

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.”

Way May Beautiful Beauty Virtue Divine Goodness Appreciation Generosity Innocence Traits Modesty Heroism Cultivating Candor

Author:Christian Nestell Bovee

“Modesty is the way you deal with beauty not the way you avoid it.”

Way Inspirational Deals Beauty Humility Philosopher Modesty Avoiding Shyness

Author:Tariq Ramadan

“A spontaneous act of generosity, performed with unselfish grace is an example of moral beauty, as are certain acts of courage; genuine modesty is a possible example, as is selfless love. Although moral beauty is a natural gift, it is nevertheless more likely to emerge and flourish in societies that appreciate and encourage it.”

Certain Natural Beauty Moral Grace Example Appreciate Genuine Generosity Selfless Modesty Nevertheless Spontaneous Selfless Love Unselfish Acts Of Courage Natural Gifts

Author:Yi-Fu Tuan