Sentences with phrase «of false modesty»

«I'm not very comfortable talking about myself sometimes,» he says, with appealing humility that stops just the right distance short of false modesty.

• Jesus is not the victim of false modesty when he commands the people to be silent over the miracles he has wrought (Mk 7, 36).

Some «cautious» philosophers, indulging in a species of false modesty, have attempted its definition.»

@Godpot: I know God approves, because He approves of honesty and disapproves of false modesty.

Not because of any false modesty in the fat department, just because that's what the recipes asked of me.

As Teachout puts it, with a hint of false modesty, «They're spending $ 3.3 million against little ol' me.»

You are free of the vice of false modesty, as you have it, flaunt it, and make no bones about it.You prefer your home space to be an inviolate nest of comfort, as place to recharge from the stresses of the day.

In view of these assets, the projected production of 3,000 units per year may be a crass example of false modesty.

The typical value investor says — he is full of false modesty — he says «I don't know nothing about macroeconomics; it doesn't interest me.

I'm not saying this out of false modesty but to make the point that I am not the yardstick by which righteousness is judged.