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Now, while the honour thou hast got
Is spick and span new.

Now, while the honour thou hast got
Is spick and span new.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Honor Quotes,
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As quick as lightning, in the breach
Just in the place where honour's lodged,
As wise philosophers read more

As quick as lightning, in the breach
Just in the place where honour's lodged,
As wise philosophers have judged,
Because a kick in that place more
Hurts honour than deep wounds before.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Honor Quotes,
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Honour is but an itch in youthful blood
Of doing acts extravagantly good.

Honour is but an itch in youthful blood
Of doing acts extravagantly good.

by Samuel Howard Found in: Honor Quotes,
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Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil read more

Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.

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No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing read more

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

by Booker T. Washington Found in: Dignity Quotes,
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What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of read more

What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of us. We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable.

by Baltasar Gracian Found in: Dignity Quotes,
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Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.

Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.

by George Santayana Found in: Dignity Quotes,
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When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest read more

When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.

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The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the point of not really wanting read more

The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the point of not really wanting anything from him

by Cyril Connolly Found in: Dignity Quotes,
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