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> [Personal dignity is to be measured with the yardstick of one's conscience, not with that of other people's judgement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fausto-cercignani/personal-dignity-is-to-be-measured-with-the-yardstick-of-one-s/)

[Fausto Cercignani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fausto-cercignani/)

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## More by Fausto Cercignani

> [Do not confuse fantasy with imagination; the former consumes itself in daydreaming, the latter stimulates creativity in the arts and in the sciences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fausto-cercignani/do-not-confuse-fantasy-with-imagination-the-former-consumes-itself-in/)

[Fausto Cercignani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fausto-cercignani/)

> [As long as his strength permits, the poor mortal must always climb new mountains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fausto-cercignani/as-long-as-his-strength-permits-the-poor-mortal-must-always-climb-new/)

[Fausto Cercignani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fausto-cercignani/)

> [It is certainly a good thing always to forgive with generosity, but it is no doubt just never to forget the wrongs received: they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fausto-cercignani/it-is-certainly-a-good-thing-always-to-forgive-with-generosity-but-it/)

[Fausto Cercignani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fausto-cercignani/)

> [We learn a lot from the mistakes of others, but even more from our own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fausto-cercignani/we-learn-a-lot-from-the-mistakes-of-others-but-even-more-from-our-own/)

[Fausto Cercignani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fausto-cercignani/)

> [Inner freedom demands the rejection of any imposition that injures our dignity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fausto-cercignani/inner-freedom-demands-the-rejection-of-any-imposition-that-injures/)

[Fausto Cercignani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fausto-cercignani/)

> [Personal dignity is to be measured with the yardstick of one's conscience, not with that of other people's judgement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fausto-cercignani/personal-dignity-is-to-be-measured-with-the-yardstick-of-one-s/)

[Fausto Cercignani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fausto-cercignani/)

> [When you would suffocate or ignore dissent, remember how many times you dissented.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fausto-cercignani/when-you-would-suffocate-or-ignore-dissent-remember-how-many-times/)

[Fausto Cercignani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fausto-cercignani/)

> [Unlike money, hope is all: for the rich as well as for the poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fausto-cercignani/unlike-money-hope-is-all-for-the-rich-as-well-as-for-the-poor/)

[Fausto Cercignani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fausto-cercignani/)

> [A secret remains a secret until you make someone promise never to reveal it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fausto-cercignani/a-secret-remains-a-secret-until-you-make-someone-promise-never-to/)

[Fausto Cercignani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fausto-cercignani/)

> [If you are living in the past or in the future, you will never find a meaning in the present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fausto-cercignani/if-you-are-living-in-the-past-or-in-the-future-you-will-never-find-a/)

[Fausto Cercignani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fausto-cercignani/)

> [Secret thoughts are only half free: they fly undisturbed in the skies of the inner freedom, but they can never leave them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fausto-cercignani/secret-thoughts-are-only-half-free-they-fly-undisturbed-in-the-skies/)

[Fausto Cercignani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fausto-cercignani/)

> [Your identity is like your shadow: not always visible and yet always present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fausto-cercignani/your-identity-is-like-your-shadow-not-always-visible-and-yet-always/)

[Fausto Cercignani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fausto-cercignani/)

> [Sometimes true tolerance requires an extraordinary strength, which we are often too weak to exercise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fausto-cercignani/sometimes-true-tolerance-requires-an-extraordinary-strength-which-we/)

[Fausto Cercignani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fausto-cercignani/)

> [Your will cannot always choose the path; very often the route is determined by chance or by the will of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fausto-cercignani/your-will-cannot-always-choose-the-path-very-often-the-route-is/)

[Fausto Cercignani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fausto-cercignani/)

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