Jonathan Swift Quotes

In a small room one does not say what one would in a large room.

A maiden hath no tongue--but thought.

The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love.

Aunts are discreet, a little shy / By instinct. They forbear to pry.

Holmes, I'm a 24 year old prude.

I don't like the word 'ladylike.'

I don't like talking about myself.

I'm not much at saying patriotic things.

I am not bold, lewd, or crude.

I'm quite a shy person, and I dislike narcissism intensely.

I'm not a brazen extrovert, but I'm not as blushing or demure as people might think.

I'm understated in my approach.

I like to keep a low profile.

Too great a display of delicacy can and does sometimes infringe upon de-cency.

During courtship, guarding each other's purity and refraining from intimacy are the acts of lovemaking.

Though shyness per se was unacceptable, reserve was a mark of good breeding.

Tis a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration.

Virtue is a beautiful thing in woman when they don't go about with it like a child with a drum making all sorts of noise with it.

He's a shy man. Life has taught him not to show off what is most precious to him.

A kung fu man lives without being dependant on the opinions of others, and a master, unlike the beginner, holds himself in reserve. He is quiet and unassuming, with no desire to show off.

Not like Tobias, who is almost shy when he smiles, like he is surprised you bothered to look at him in the first place.

If a young lady has that discretion and modesty without which all knowledge is little worth, she will never make an ostentatious parade of it, because she will rather be intent on acquiring more than on displaying what she has.

Modesty is the highest elegance

All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.