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As in all his subsequent dealings with France, Ho Chi Minh's demands were a model of modesty.


Wilfred Burchett


#dealings #demands #france #his #minh

In all modesty, we must admit that governments are not always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosing economic ailments and prescribing the right treatment.


Kim Campbell


#ailments #always #best #comes #doctors

If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader.


Sarah Fielding


#candor #his #judgment #less #modesty

I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.


Yves Saint Laurent


#blue #blue jeans #clothes #expression #had

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.


Sidonie Gabrielle Colette


#flower #modesty #nor #sincerity #spontaneous

With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face.


Iain Glen


#class #even #face #her #i

I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere.


Belva Lockwood


#believe #distinction #everywhere #had #i

My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me. My worth as a human being is measured on a higher scale: a scale of righteousness and piety. And my purpose in life-despite what fashion magazines say-is something more sublime than just looking good for men.


Yasmin Mogahed


#modesty #purpose #women #men

A great man is always willing to be little.


Ralph Waldo Emerson


#greatness #humbleness #humility #modesty #size

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.


Max Beerbohm


#between #conceit #delicate #delicate balance #modesty






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