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A prude is a person with a very sensitive attitude and narrowness towards custom and morality. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The word prude comes from the Old French word prudefemme also prodefemme meaning loyal, respectable or modest woman, [ 3 ] which was the source of prude in the 18th century. [ 1 ]
The Seven Virtues are a set of moral principles that include chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, and humility.
Modesty (appicchatà or hiri) is the quality of being unpretentious about one's virtues or achievements. Genuinely modest people are able to see themselves as they really are and rejoice in their good qualities without becoming vain or self-promoting, and acknowledge their faults without shame or self-loathing. [15]
Nearly one in three Americans over the age of 60 — roughly 19 million people — take aspirin daily, according to a 2021 study in Annals of Internal Medicine.. Should you be among that group?
Less than three years before Elon Musk tapped him to help overhaul the US government, Edward Coristine, then 17, was the subject of a heated dispute among executives at cybersecurity firm over his ...
Allegory of Prudence on the tomb of Francis II, Duke of Brittany The female face depicts Francis' daughter Anne of Brittany.. Prudence was considered by the ancient Greeks and later by Christian philosophers, most notably Thomas Aquinas, as the cause, measure, and form of all virtues.
A study finds that people who engage in just 30 minutes of exercise per week see modest improvements in body weight and body fat but for clinically significant improvements they need a higher average.
632 AD: Quran teachings transmitted by Muhammad impose modest dress on men and women. c. 1050 AD: Leofric, Earl of Mercia imposes a heavy tax burden on the citizens of Coventry, England to support his grandiose public works. According to legend that is almost certainly untrue, his wife Godgyfu begs him to reduce the tax, and he tells her that ...