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Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

 

Oliver Herford

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Men are constantly attracted and deluded by two opposite charms: the charm of competence which is engendered by mathematics and everything akin to mathematics, and the charm of humble awe, which is engendered by meditation on the human soul and its experiences. Philosophy is characterized by the gentle, if firm, refusal to succumb to either charm. It is the highest form of the mating of courage and moderation. In spite of its highness or nobility, it could appear as Sisyphean or ugly, when one contrasts its achievement with its goal. Yet it is necessarily accompanied, sustained and elevated by eros. It is graced by nature's grace.

 

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Beneath the gentle modesty of his behavior lay the absolute assurance of a born artist.

 

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Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.

 

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A gaudy dress and gentle air
May slightly touch the heart;
But it's innocence and modesty
that polished the dart.

 

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