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

Quote by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Topics: Modesty Quotes

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

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.

Our memories are independent of our wills.

Our memories are independent of our wills.

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

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

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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.

Run for office? No. I've slept with too many women, I've done too many drugs,...

Run for office? No. I've slept with too many women, I've done too many drugs,...

I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we,...

I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we,...

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

The essential ingredient of politics is timing.

The essential ingredient of politics is timing.

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to...

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to...

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...