#modes

I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#hubris #humble #modesty #ego

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

— Joseph Addison

#guard #modesty #only #ornament #virtue

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

#eloquence #every #great #great talent #just

Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss the merits of their officers, and their modes of exercising the duties they are paid to perform. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#appointment #discuss #drawn #duties #exercising

Modesty is the conscience of the body. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#conscience #modesty

The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives. ↗

— M. H. Abrams

#humanity #identify #long #modes #ourselves

I will continue to distribute blankets, sleeping bags, warm clothing and food on a regular basis, in the hope that my modest efforts will give some comfort to those people we are able help. ↗

— Mohamed Al-Fayed

#bags #basis #blankets #clothing #comfort

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#conceit #danger #finest #genius #gifts

Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#conceit #consciousness #danger #even #finest

Rereading A.J. Liebling carries me happily back to an age when all good journalists knew they had plenty to be modest about, and were. ↗

— Russell Baker

#age #back #carries #good #had