Top 6 False Modesty Quotes

False modesty is better than none.

Modesty, False Modesty

True modesty avoids everything that is criminal; false modesty everything that is unfashionable.

Criminals, Modesty, False Modesty

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1854). “The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory Notes ...”, p.406

False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

Arrogance, Modesty, False Modesty

Diffidence is a sort of false modesty.

Modesty, Diffidence, False Modesty

To the devil with false modesty.

Devil, Modesty, False Modesty

Stephen King (2008). “Carrie”, p.89, Anchor

The thunder of false modesty was deafening.

Modesty, Thunder, False Modesty

Sebastian Faulks (2007). “Engleby: A Novel”, Doubleday Books

False Modesty Quotes