modest violet
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The modest violet may exhale its fragrance through an overgrowth of noxious weeds—and humanity bears out the simile.
From Bucholz and the Detectives by Pinkerton, Allan
It flourished on the hill-side, and injured nothing; for its shadow was harmless, and served but as a kindly shelter for the modest violet and the pale primrose.
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Hall, S. C., Mrs.
The r�le of the modest violet was not to be mine, I could see from the outset....
From Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer by Farrar, Geraldine
Several varieties of the lupine and the larkspur clothe the hillsides with every shade of color, while the modest violet seeks secluded spots in which to bloom.
From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello
Let us be like the modest violet, who hides her beauty, rather than be boastful and foolish, as the stag was.
From Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners by Bates, Loïs
