Quotes on False Modesty

We must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.

There is a false modesty, which is vanity; a false glory, which is levity; a false grandeur, which is meanness; a false virtue, which is hypocrisy, and a false wisdom, which is prudery.

True humility is more like self-forgetfulness than false modesty.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.