-Lao She

Modesty is to merit what shadow is to painting

-Ming Fang Xiaoru

Don't be modest to proud people, and don't be proud to modest people.

-Jefferson

Great people will never abuse their own advantages. They see where they have surpassed others and realize it, but they will never be modest because of it.

-Lu Ling

Be modest and generous.

-Wang Shouren

Modesty is the highest self-denial.

-Shakespeare

Lack of modesty is lack of knowledge.

-Franklin

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guardian of virtue.

-Edison

Modesty is an indispensable virtue.

-Montesquieu

Modesty is only a kind of honesty to people with no unusual talents, but a kind of hypocrisy to people with extremely great talents.

-Schopenhauer

Modest students cherish the truth and don't care about praising themselves personally: the first thing that unpretentious students think of is to show off the praise they get personally and be indifferent to the truth. It is stated in the history of thought that modesty is almost always in direct proportion to students' talents, while immodesty is inversely proportional.

-plekhanov

Do something good and be kind and generous to others; In short, use your modesty to avoid bad luck.

-Balzac