A Quote by Charles Caleb Colton
Modesty is the richest ornament of a woman ... the want of it is her greatest deformity.
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The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes.
I do plead with the mothers of Zion to undertake modesty in dress. We may like to follow the fashion, but let us follow it in modesty. The most precious thing that a girl has is her modesty and if she preserves this in dress, in speech, in action, it will arm, and protect her as nothing else will. But let her lose her modesty, and she becomes a victim of those who pursue her, as the hare is of the hound; and she will not be able to stand unless she preserves her modesty.
Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor.
His modesty amounts to deformity.
He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty from it.
[Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex ea tollit verecudiam.]
Be neat, Philothea; let nothing be negligent about you. It is a kind of contempt of those with whom we converse, to frequent their company in uncomely apparel; but, at the same time, avoid all affectation, vanity, curiosity, or levity in your dress. Keep yourself always, as much as possible, on the side of plainness and modesty, which, without doubt, is the greatest ornament of beauty, and the best excuse for the want of it.
The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
The daughter-in-law of Pythagoras said that a woman who goes to bed with a man ought to lay aside her modesty with her skirt, and put it on again with her petticoat
The hair is the richest ornament of women.
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except to be there when he doesn't want her.
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
A man who insults the modesty of a woman, as good as tells her that he has seen something in her conduct that warranted his presumption.
A girl's modesty is first noted by her external presentation, but if it's not followed by the confidence of internal modesty, she still forfeits the power of her virtue.
Failing to be there when a man wants her is the greatest sin a woman can commit - except being there when he doesn't want her.
When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.
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