Quotes by Martineau, Harriet

Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be >>

But is it not the fact that religion emanates from the nature, from th >>

Any one must see at a glance that if men and women marry those whom th >>

Quotations about Modesty

Act as though you cannot fail but keep a humble spirit. >>

So rare is the union of beauty with modesty. >>

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the >>

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.

Martineau, Harriet