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Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending no

Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. – Oliver Herford

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Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings. – Oliver Herford

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A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even… without any hope of doing it well. – Oliver Herford

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Charm is… a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question. – Albert Camus, The Fall, 1956

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All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others. – Cyril Connolly, Enemies of Promise

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Forbidden things have a secret charm. – Publius Cornelius Tacitus

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