Quotes About Dignity

He did not seek to efface pain in forgetfulness, he sought to elevate it and to dignify it with hope. He would say, Be careful how you turn to the dead. Don't think of the rotting. Hold your gaze and you will see the living light of your dearly loved departed up above in heaven.

Monsieur to a convict is a glass of water to a man dying of thirst at sea. Ignominy thirsts for respect.

Innocence wears its own crown, Monsieur; it needs no added dignity; it is as sublime in rags as in royal robes.

La suprema miseria porge occasione alle oscenità.

Dichoso, aún en medio del dolor, aquél que a Dios ha dado un alma digna del amor y de la desgracia! El que no ha visto las cosas de este mundo y el corazón de los hombres a esta doble luz, no ha visto nada verdadero, ni sabe nada. El alma que ama y padece se encuentra en un estado sublime.

Um dos livreiros para quem trabalhava, Magimel, creio eu, oferecera-lhe levá-lo para sua casa, fornecer-lhe um trabalho regular e dar-lhe 1500 francos por ano. Ter boa casa e 1500 francos, que boa coisa! Mas renunciar à sua liberdade, ser uma espécie de mercenário, uma espécie de literato-caixeiro. Segundo o modo de ver de Mário, (...) ganhava em comodidades e perdia em dignidade

Szubienica to waga, która u jednego koÅ"ca ma czÅ'owieka, a u drugiego caÅ'Ä… ziemiÄ™. By? czÅ'owiekiem - piÄ™kna to rzecz.

Father, you owe my husband affront for affront." The father asked: "Upon which cheek did you receive the blow?" "Upon the left cheek." The father struck the right cheek, and said: "Now you are satisfied. Go and tell your husband that he has struck my daughter, but that I have struck his wife.

Madame Dufour stood at the head of the table, dressed in a severe black dress that revealed the soup spoon–sized hollow at the base of her long neck. A single diamond brooch was her only adornment (one good piece, ladies, and choose it well; everything makes a statement, nothing speaks quite so loudly as cheapness).

The sight of them helping others when they themselves had lost everything made her proud.

pockets than takin' care of the farmworkers.

And they were ashamed to need anything from the government. From anyone, really. Like her, they'd always worked for what they needed, not relied on the government for a handout.

It's important to understand that while honor is an entitlement to respect--and shame comes when you lose that title--a person of honor cares first of all not about being respected but about being worthy of respect.

I'd rather work with women just like myself for the rest of my natural life than submit to an asshole like you any day.

Some people, you would think, are made up of nothing but title and genealogy; the stamp of dignity defaces in them the very character of humanity, and transports them to such a degree of haughtiness that they reckon it below them to exercise good nature or good manners.

It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.

It is more or less rude to scorn indiscriminately all kinds of praise; we ought to be proud of that which comes from honest men, who praise sincerely those things in us which are really commendable.

A party spirit betrays the greatest men to act as meanly as the vulgar herd.

Let us not overstrain our abilities, or we shall do nothing with grace. A clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman.

Perfect valor is to behave, without witnesses, as one would act were all the world watching.

There is merit without elevation, but there is no elevation without some merit.

Tu ne leur ferais pas l'injure de tes hommages

A man should respect a man for who he is, not for the rank he wears

Outer space is no place for a person of breeding.