It is
false modesty, I know it is that, but you can make it easy for me.
Martin Eden
No
false modesty; take the best horse you can find.
Twenty Years After
"Oh!" replied the officer, with an air of
false modesty, "your majesty says so because I still have a good eye and a tolerably firm foot -- because I can still ride a horse, and my mustache is black; but, sire, vanity of vanities all that -- illusions all that -- appearance, smoke, sire!
Ten Years Later
This young olive-branch, notorious under the name of Timothy's Bess's Ben, being of an inquiring disposition, unchecked by any
false modesty, had advanced beyond the group of women and children, and was walking round the Methodists, looking up in their faces with his mouth wide open, and beating his stick against the milk-can by way of musical accompaniment.
Adam Bede
The Countess G wished to revive the subject of the count, but Franz announced he had something far newer to tell her, and, in spite of Albert's demonstrations of
false modesty, he informed the countess of the great event which had preoccupied them for the last three days.
Count of Monte Cristo
Regarding the episode of "Pavlicheff's son," Gania had been absolutely silent, partly from a kind of
false modesty, partly, perhaps, to "spare the prince's feelings." The latter, however, thanked him again for the trouble he had taken in the affair.
The Idiot
Why should we make it a point with our
false modesty to disparage that man we are and that form of being assigned to us?
Essays First Series
This is not
false modesty. The problem of achieving a durable peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors is complicated enough.
A Plan for Peace
I'm sure people will think this is
false modesty, but in 1983 I was someone who could barely sing and had a few ideas.
Lloyd's still making a commotion in 2019
Alan Knott, ("utterly modest, and equally free of
false modesty") and the great Sri Lankan 'keeper Kumar Sangakkara complete the quartet.
BOOK REVIEW
But
false modesty aside, the 53-year-old still managed to play his part in a title charge in Gorgie, as a 15-game unbeaten run prompted talk Joe Jordan's Jambos could unseat big-spending Rangers.
Now we'll find out if their Hearts still in it; TOUGH AT TOP JAMBOS CHALLENGE McKinlay says next five games will be key as Levein's men bid to stay on track for title
One thing is certain:
False modesty will not appear on any list of his character traits."They're gonna miss me when I'm gone," he told NJ Advance Media in a farewell interview.
Now Christie Is Just A Bad Memory
It's not
false modesty when I say it is all about them and not me.
I'm off, but the momentum will keep growing
Increasing these egoless moments is good, but George warns about
false modesty or trying hard to appear virtuous or spiritual or holier than thou.
'No one is ever right or wrong-we all just have different points of view'