"The dignity of man was everywhere tissue-paper thin." — Dick Francis
"The dignity of man was everywhere tissue-paper thin."
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20 Quotes by Dick Francis
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Writing a novel proved to be the hardest, most self-analyzing task I had ever attempted, far worse than an autobiography:…
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THE KNOWN CHILD I wondered to what extent people remained the same as they'd been when very young; if one…
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Historically, more people have died of religion than cancer.
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A jump jockey has to throw his heart over the fence - and then go over and catch it.
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Logic doesn't stop you feeling. You can behave logically and it can hurt like hell. Or it can comfort you.…
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I hadn’t had a mother since I was two, and from then until seven I had believed God was someone…
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But people as a rule believe only what they want to believe, and if you tell them anything else they'll…
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Crime to many is not crime but simply a way of life. If laws are inconvenient, ignore them, they dont…
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Good manners are a sign of strength.
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Everyone journeys through character as well as through time. The person one becomes depends on the person one has been.
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Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.
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Most people think, when they're young, that they're going to the top of their chosen world, and that the climb…
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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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