Disgraceful Quotes

80 quotes by 72 authors

Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating,… — Karen Armstrong
If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a… — Aeschylus
To do nothing was disgraceful; therefore I made use of my understanding. — Horatio Nelson
If you only notice human proceedings, you may observe that all who attain great power and riches, make use of either force or fraud; and… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Hard as it may appear in individual cases, dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful. — Thomas Malthus
Imagine the National Guard being called against a group of peaceful people. How far can we get; how disgraceful can it become? It's the most… — Cesar Chavez
Wars of opinion, as they have been the most destructive, are also the most disgraceful of conflicts. — Charles Caleb Colton
Humility is not disgraceful, and carries no loss of true pride. — Ernest Hemingway
The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if… — Pliny the Elder
An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful. — Thucydides
The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind. — George Mason
"thanks" in MaoriGrateful living: an alchemic operation of converting "disgraceful" things into grateful events. — Raimon Panikkar
To destroy governmental violence, only one thing is needed: It is that people should understand that the feeling of patriotism, which alone supports that instrument… — Leo Tolstoy
I'm outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi. It's… — Mitt Romney
Each famous author of antiquity whom I recover places a new offence and another cause of dishonor to the charge of earlier generations, who, not… — Petrarch
When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark of a brave man to face things that are, and… — Aristotle
Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive. — Catherine Helen Spence
The Papacy was corrupt for whole centuries: especially from about 880 to 1050 and (with a short decent pontificate at rare intervals) 1290 to about… — Joseph McCabe
Everyone should be taught the nobility of labor, the heroism and splendor of honest effort. As long as it is considered disgraceful to labor, or… — Robert Green Ingersoll
It's disgraceful how these humans blame the gods. They say their tribulations come from us, when they themselves, through their own foolishness, bring hardships which… — Homer

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