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Dignity Quotes by William Hazlitt
- Perhaps propriety is as near a word as any to denote the manners of the gentleman; elegance is necessary to the fine gentleman; dignity is…
- A really great man has always an idea of something greater than himself.
- ...greatness sympathises with greatness, and littleness shrinks into itself.
- A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.
- No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness.
- The greatest reverses of fortune are the most easily borne from a sort of dignity belonging to them.
More Dignity Quotes
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- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- You go to London, you see a TV set in every cell and the sign up that all the officers must treat… — Joe Arpaio
- Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man… — Francis Bacon
- Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced… — Mikhail Bakunin
- To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality… — Mikhail Bakunin
- Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just… — Antonio Banderas
- There is a certain dignity to being French. — Brigitte Bardot
- The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of that highest… — P T Barnum
- There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create. — Charles Baudelaire
- If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of life. Instead,… — Gary Bauer