Hannah More Quote

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.

Essays on Various Subjects, principally designed for Young Ladies. The third edition (ed. 1778)

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,...

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,...

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,...

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,...