"Let not a man guard his dignity, but……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him (used in episode 2,ser.3 Wilfred )"
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2,823 Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson has 2,823 quotes on this site.
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Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities…
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If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false sentiment, I could never stay there five minutes.
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To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
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To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the…
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There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not…
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Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility.
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Science is nothing but the finding of analogy, identity, in the most remote parts.
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The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial…
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One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the…
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Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.
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The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
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A little praise goes a great ways.
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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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