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The good we do to others is spoilt unless we efface ourselves so completely that those we help have no sense of inferiority.

The good we do to others is spoilt unless we efface ourselves so completely that those we help have no sense of inferiority.

Honore de Balzac
Inferiority, Helping, Modesty
Honore de Balzac (2011). “Letters of Two Brides”, p.202, The Floating Press

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Honore de Balzac
Humility, Body, Modesty
Honore de Balzac (2014). “Analytical Studies: Physiology of Marriage and Petty Troubles of Married Life”, p.366, The Floating Press

Love knows nothing of modesty.

Honore de Balzac
Love, Modesty, Knows

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