"False modesty is better than none."

-- Vilhjalmur Stefansson

#Modesty Quotes

“Wyatt Earp and the Holy Grail: The Tale of the Three Gates is a look at humankind's relationship to the elements which surround them. Oftentimes, these elements encroach on them in a way that is not normal.”

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“When we can identify a problem and face the problem with confidence and enthusiasm, the solution is on the way.”
“I will admit he is unusual, but that is perhaps the closest I could come to complimenting him.”

Source : Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.8, Granta Books
“But then he told himself: What does it really mean to be useful? Today's world, just as it is, contains the sum of the utility of all people of all times. Which implies: The highest morality consists in being useless.”
“I very much like Kenya. It's hard to beat the Masai Mara and the idea of ballooning across it. I have a great time at Lewa. There's more rhinos than you'll find anywhere. A great part for the children is you can ride horses with the giraffes and the zebra.”
“A right , in the abstract, is a fact ; it is not a thing to be given, established, or conferred; it is. Of the exercise of a right power may deprive me; of the right itself, never.”

Source : Voltairine de Cleyre (2012). “Exquisite Rebel: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre -- Anarchist, Feminist, Genius”, p.171, SUNY Press
“Life is too short not to say how you feel to the people you love.”

Source : Kristina Mcmorris (2011). “Letters From Home”, p.241, Kensington Publishing Corp.
“I think most of us look at personal delights as somewhere between minimally important and borderline immoral. We like them, but we're not sure we ought to. We seldom give them a high priority when other demands are competing for our attention. Nevertheless, the soul feeds on simple joys and withers without them....”

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