modesty

• Obama certainly did; his modesty is apparent on every page. —  Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
• Like all true heroes, their modesty was as striking as their courage and patriotism On the following day at our hospital the heap of amputated legs and arms increased in size until it became several feet in height, while the two armies lay face to face, like two exhausted monsters, each waiting for the other to strike About sundown that afternoon I was put in an ambulance with S. R. Moore, of the College company, who was in a semi-conscious state, having been struck on the brow, the ball passing out back of the ear. —  The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson
• Her gentleness and sweetness are patent facts, and her modesty is also obvious. —  The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America
• He hath in him two things that make youth most easy to be managed,--modesty, which is the bridle to vice; and emulation which is the spur to virtue. —  Andrew Marvell
• This modesty is a languor of the soul, which prevents it from soaring and rapidly carrying itself to glory At first she lived in the Hôtel de Lambert (in the Ile Saint-Louis), renowned for its splendidly sculptured decorations, painted ceilings, panels, and staircases. —  Women of Modern France

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