immodest
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Immodest as his words may sound, Shoriki is right.
From Time Magazine Archive
I must repeat the lines, "Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of modesty is want of sense."
From Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Smith, E. Boyd (Elmer Boyd)
If you ask why less properly, I must repeat the lines: "Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of modesty is want of sense."
From Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) by Franklin, Benjamin
Immodest discourse will ever offend A man of good sense if he is prudent’s friend A lady of sense disgusted will be With the fop that is vain or maketh too free.
From The Independent Statesmen, and Liberal Landlord or a respectful tribute to T. W. Coke, M.P. for the County of Norfolk by Parkerson, James
"Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of decency is want of sense."
From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly
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