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