Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.
In a war, the first casualty is human dignity.[Em uma guerra, a primeira vítima é a dignidade humana.]
Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine.
True Work is the necessity of poor humanity’s earthly condition. The dignity is in leisure. Besides, 99 hundredths of all the work done in the world is either foolish and unnecessary, or harmful and wicked.
To him who has nothing it is forbidden not to relish filth.[A qui n’a rien il est interdit de ne pas aimer la merde.]
There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.
Shame need not crouch In such an Earth as Ours – Shame – stand erect – The Universe is yours.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
It’s hard as hell to hold on to your dignity when the risen sun is too bright in your losing eyes.
It’s really not hard to keep your dignity and sign to a major label… Most people don’t have any dignity in the first place.
I would always rather be happy than dignified.
I think the tragic feeling is evoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing-his sense of personal dignity.
