Dignity Quotes
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Peter,” Ashley asked softly, “Do you know what that was?” “Of course,” Peter said, much affronted. “A thimble.” “No,” said Ashley, staring, “That was a kiss.” “Didn’t it strike you as a little different from other thimbles you’ve had in the past?” Peter looked shifty. “Well, yes.” “Ha!” “It was my first thimble with tongue.” Peter told her with dignity.
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It was our love of foreign cloth that ousted the wheel from its position of dignity.
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What?” I said defensively, clutching the mink and my dignity. Since I was barefoot, mostly naked and completely hungover, I was pretty sure I grasped only one of them.
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For A to sit down and think, What shall I do? is commonplace; but to think what B ought to do is interesting, romantic, moral, self-flattering, and public-spirited all at once. It satisfies a great number of human weaknesses at once. To go on and plan what a whole class of people ought to do is to feel one's self a power on earth, to win a public position, to clothe one's self in dignity. Hence we have an unlimited supply of reformers, philanthropists, humanitarians, and would-be managers-in-general of society.
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Some people show evil as a great racehorse shows breeding. They have the dignity of a hard chancre.
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Economic growth and 'future superpower' status is all very good but that doesn't guarantee dignity for every individual.
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The Charkha supplemented the agriculture of the villagers and gave it dignity.
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Money is a protection, a cloak; it can buy one quiet, and some sort of dignity.
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A man can dignify his rank; no rank Can dignify a man.
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Praise in the beginning is agreeable enough; and we receive it as a favor; but when it comes in great quantities, we regard it only as a debt, which nothing but our merit could extort.
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Gentrification is stripping people not only of their homes but also of their dignity and their lives, and it is effectively whitening public spaces.
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There's no dignity, no decency, or health today for men that haven't got a job. All other things depend on work today.
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I guess the sacrifice of my dignity is the only thing that will save us now. The things I endure for love. The Fates laugh at my torment.
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I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
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Fidel Castro represents the dignity of the South American continent against empires. He's a living legend: an icon of independence and freedom across the continent.
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Use every man according to his desert and who should 'scape whipping? Use them after your own honor and dignity, the less they deserve ... the more merit in your bounty.
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The proper direction of man's thought is not toward the creation of new laws for government, but toward the acceptance of every person's moral dignity.
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I regret that I do not have the dignity of Ricardo Montalban, the class of Dean Martin, or the humor of Bill Cosby. I do have the heart of a lion.
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You treat people with dignity and respect and they give it right back to you.
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Reserve may be pride fortified in ice; dignity is worth reposing on truth.
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Hungry not only for bread - but hungry for love. Naked not only for clothing - but naked of human dignity and respect. Homeless not only for want of a home of bricks - but homeless because of rejection.
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One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.
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If you make a fool of yourself, you can do it with dignity, without taking your pants down. And if you do take your pants down, you can still do it with dignity.
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Dostoevky's lack of taste, his monotonous dealings with persons suffering with pre-Freudian complexes, the way he has of wallowing in the tragic misadventures of human dignity - all this is difficult to admire.
