Jean de la Bruyere Quotes About Modesty

Quotes about: Modesty

• There is a false modesty, which is vanity; a false glory, which is levity; a false grandeur, which is meanness; a false virtue, which is hypocrisy, and a false wisdom, which is prudery.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Vanity, Hypocrisy, Modesty

• A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Wise, Men, Doe

• A modest man never talks of himself.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Men, Modesty, Modest

• False modesty is the masterpiece of vanity: showing the vain man in such an illusory light that he appears in the reputation of the virtue quite opposite to the vice which constitutes his real character; it is a deceit.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Real, Character, Men

• False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Lying, Vanity, Modesty

• Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Giving, Shade, Merit

  "Characters: Of Personal Merit," #17, 1688.

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