Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.

Quote by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Topics: Modesty Quotes

You write with ease to show your breeding, but easy writing's curst hard reading

You write with ease to show your breeding, but easy writing's curst hard reading

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good...

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good...

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good...

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good...

The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small...

The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small...

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

Be just before you are generous

Be just before you are generous

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics

Our memories are independent of our wills.

Our memories are independent of our wills.

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky,...

When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky,...

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

And to answer the question that people have about this conspiracy theory that he has...

And to answer the question that people have about this conspiracy theory that he has...

Relationships are so much like the United States - they only really thrive when faced...

Relationships are so much like the United States - they only really thrive when faced...

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I...

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I...

No wonder Americans hate politics, when year in, year out, they hear politicians make promises...

No wonder Americans hate politics, when year in, year out, they hear politicians make promises...

The hope is there. The sun is rising. Our best days are yet to come.

The hope is there. The sun is rising. Our best days are yet to come.

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They...

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They...

Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in...

Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in...