Best Humiliation Qoutes
287 Humiliation quotes by 256 unique authors
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There is no humiliation worse than the consciousness of a wasted life. It stains the spirit, forestalls hope, and destroys any motive for action or…
— Peter Ackroyd
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He was so excessively polite that Wallendar suspected he had endured many humiliations in his life.
— Henning Mankell
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You're thinking that people don't keep up old jealousies for twenty years or so. Perhaps not. Not just primitive, brute jealousy. That means a word…
— Dorothy L. Sayers
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Life makes fools of all of us sooner or later. But keep your sense of humor and you'll at least be able to take your…
— Paul Murray
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Jerome sighed and set down his fork. "Are you still doing that, Georgie? Don't I suffer enough without having to endure the humiliation of a…
— Richelle Mead
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No more humiliation for me, thanks very much. No more swallowing my anger. Honestly, I couldn't manage another mouthful. But it was delicious. Did you…
— Marian Keyes
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Anything was better than nothing. Half-full was better than empty. Ignorance was the lowest form of humiliation and suffering.
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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Too often in my life, love has been defined as "humiliation with occasional roses".
— Deb Caletti
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We each die countless little deaths on our way to the last. We die out of shame as humiliation. We perish from despair. And, of…
— Clive Barker
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We learn humility through accepting humiliations cheerfully.
— Mother Teresa
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Dearest, your little heart is wounded; think me not cruel because I obey the irresistible law of my strength and weakness; if your dear heart…
— Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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Flaws would not only bring death but, far worse, humiliation.
— William Goldman
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To those humans in whom I have faith; I wish suffering, being forsaken, sickness, maltreatment, humiliation. I wish that they should not remain unfamiliar with…
— Richard Linklater
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Humiliation, by the way, is a truly terrible emotion. It's at the bottom of the pile.
— Francine Pascal
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But all at once I realized that it was not my success God had used to enable me to help those in this prison, or…
— Charles Colson
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People really do like seeing their best friends humiliated; a large part of the friendship is based on humiliation; and that is an old truth,well…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Religion used to be the opium of the people. To those suffering humiliation, pain, illness, and serfdom, religion promised the reward of an after life.…
— Czeslaw Milosz
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And here I thought they were called Peeping Toms." I didn't need to see him to know he wore a smile. "Stop laughing," I said,…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children, between the ugliness of hate and the will to oppose it. Between…
— Elie Wiesel
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Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning I am not here to tell you…
— Paulo Coelho
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Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating. Shyness is inherently painful; introversion…
— Susan Cain
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He's having a vision," I said. "That's what happens." (Maya) "Attractive, I know," Corey said between gritted teeth. "And now I get new witnesses to…
— Kelley Armstrong
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Abuse and neglect negate love. Care and affirmation, the opposite of abuse and humiliation, are the foundation of love. No one can rightfully claim to…
— Bell Hooks
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A professional politician is a professionally dishonorable man. In order to get anywhere near high office he has to make so many compromises and submit…
— H. L. Mencken
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We don't yet know, above all, what the world might be like if children were to grow up without being subjected to humiliation, if parents…
— Alice Miller
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