Modest may refer to:
- a number of Saints, see under Saint Modest (disambiguation)
- Michael Modest (born 1971), semi-retired American professional wrestler
- Modest (e-mail client), a free, open source, e-mail client
- modest (adjective)
People with the given name Modest:
- Modest of Carinthia, Saint, 8th century
- Modest (bishop of Trier) (died 489), German saint
- Modest Altschuler (1873–1963), cellist, orchestral conductor, and composer
- Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1850–1916), Russian dramatist, opera librettist and translator
- Modest Morariu (1929–1988), poet, essayist, prose writer and translator
- Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881), Russian composer
- Modest Romiszewski (1861–1930), military theorist
- Modest Schoepen (Bobbejaan Schoepen) (1925–2010), Belgian singer-songwriter, entertainer and founder of the Bobbejaanland amusement park.
- Modest Urgell (1839–1919), Spanish painter, illustrator, and playwright
- Modesty Blaise Fictional comic book character.
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Famous quotes containing the word modest:
“Fair is my Love, and cruel as she’s fair
Her brow shades frowns, although her eyes are sunny;
Her smiles are lightning, though her pride despair;
And her disdains are gall, her favours honey.
A modest maid, decked with a blush of honour,
Whose feet do tread green paths of youth and love,”
—Samuel Daniel (1562–1619)
“Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.”
—Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747)
“Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.”
—Feodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881)