Alphonse de Lamartine Quotes

I don't like to make a big splash anyway.

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

I'm not much of a show-off.

I'm understated in my approach.

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.

A good soul like a good body should be as unobtrusive as possible; in so far as it functions properly, it should not be noticed for good or for ill.

Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.

I have never been one for the over-the-top.

Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.

I like being behind the scene.

I certainly don't have any airs about myself.

I don't make big grand gestures, generally.

I'm not a show-off; I'm not an exhibitionist.

Always sing below your potential.

Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.

I am a big one for subtlety and empathy. My dad was softly spoken and didn't carry his honours and accomplishments for everyone to see.

I've never been a much of a glamour girl.

I have no great message to the world.

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.

I come from a background where you don't show off the good things you do. It's modesty.

Ferrari or Lamborghini. Never fancied one of those - too flash for me. I don't really like seeking too much attention.

I see no point in talking about myself unnecessarily.

Even when we had new clothes, we were told not to wear them. You just didn't draw attention to yourself. Showing off was the worst thing you could do. We could put the clothes in the drawers - but not wear them.

People say I'm deceptively unassuming, but that's the way I go through life. I'm not flash. You can make it sound calculated, but it's pretty much just me.

For me, generally speaking, I don't like to make a big deal out of stuff.