Feminine Modesty Quotes

The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation they do not want to attract attention.

Generally speaking, the greater a woman's beauty, the greater her modesty.

The ladies men admire, I've heard, Would shudder at a wicked word. Their candle gives a single light, They'd rather stay at home at night. They do not keep awake 'till three, Nor read erotic poetry. They never sanction the impure, Nor recognize an overture. They shrink from powders and from paints... So far I've had no complaints.

Your great glory is not to be inferior to what you have been given by nature, and the greatest glory of a woman is to be least talked about by men, whether theyare praising or criticizing you.

Silence gives the proper grace to women

I think Gypsy [Rose Lee] would be appalled at today's rawer, more blatant displays of the female form. She was, in her own way, a prude.

To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.

The affected modesty of most women is a decoy for the generous, the delicate, and unsuspecting; while the artful, the bold, and unfeeling either see or break through its slender disguises.

I'm just going to go to schools and give inspirational speeches about our bodies. I'll just wear flowing dresses and talk way quieter than I can.

An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.

Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.

Women are a lot like ducks-they don’t like mud on their butts.

Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady.

Most of a modest woman's life was spent, after all, in denying what, in one day at least of every year, was made obvious.

A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.

It is against womanhood to be forward in their own wishes.

Given that many girls are indoctrinated to believe that they should be feminine and modest about their abilities, as well as brought up to assume that girls are not innately gifted at science or math, it is not surprising that so few can see themselves as successful computer scientists.