"Human dignity is more precious than prestige...." — Claude McKay
"Human dignity is more precious than prestige...."
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Claude McKay
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10 Quotes by Claude McKay
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Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and…
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I know the dark delight of being strange, The penalty of difference in the crowd, The loneliness of wisdom among…
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We are like trees. We wear all colors naturally.
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It's when you are down that you learn about your faults.
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Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed.
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If we must die, O let us nobly die.
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If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, If we must…
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Upon the clothes behind the tenement, That hang like ghosts suspended from the lines, Linking each flat, but to each…
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If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything.
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More Dignity Quotes
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As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
— Aristotle
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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
— Aristotle
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You go to London, you see a TV set in every cell and the sign up that all the officers…
— Joe Arpaio
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Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without…
— Francis Bacon
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Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general,…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies…
— Antonio Banderas
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There is a certain dignity to being French.
— Brigitte Bardot
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The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of…
— P T Barnum
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There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.
— Charles Baudelaire
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If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of…
— Gary Bauer
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