Disgrace Quote by William Hazlitt Download Open image “The vain man makes a merit of misfortune, and triumphs in his disgrace.” — William Hazlitt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Disgrace Men Merit Misfortunes Shame Triumph Vain Vanity
A vain man is a nauseous creature: he is so full of himself that he has no room for anything else, be it never… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Vain men delight in telling what Honours have been done them, what great Company they have kept, and the like; by which they plainly… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“A developed and decent man cannot be vain without a boundless exactingness towards himself and without despising himself at moments to the point of… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“Vain is your boast in that you have scratched the sole of my foot... A worthless coward can inflict but a light wound. When… — Homer Copy Share Image
To be an object of hatred and aversion to their contemporaries has been the usual fate of all those whose merit has raised them… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
“No one is despised by others unless he be previously despised by himself: a groveling and abject mind may fall an easy prey to… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“The world had made him extravagant and vain - Extravagance and vanity had made him cold-hearted and selfish. Vanity, while seeking its own guilty… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
There is a certain sort of man whose doom in the world is disappointment, who excels in it, and whose luckless triumphs in his… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
He's truly valiant that can wisely suffer The worst that man can breathe, and make his wrongs His outsides, to wear them like his… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
First impressions are often the truest, as we find (not infrequently) to our cost, when we have been wheedled out of them by plausible… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
We are thankful for good-will rather than for services, for the motive than the quantum of favor received. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The discussing the characters and foibles of common friends is a great sweetness and cement of friendship. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Want of principle is power. Truth and honesty set a limit to our efforts, which impudence and hypocrisy easily overleap. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner doing it. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Those who have had none of the cares of this life to harass and disturb them, have been obliged to have recourse to the… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Poverty, when it is voluntary, is never despicable, but takes an heroical aspect. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
We will live to see the day that St. Patrick's Cathedral is a child-care center and the pope is no longer a disgrace to… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Without ... the creative imagination rushing in where bureaucratic angels fear to tread - without this, life is a mockery and a disgrace. — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
Success in war was the only success that counted; failure was a disgrace to be wiped out only by starting another war and winning… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Miss Wormwood: Calvin, your test was an absolute disgrace! It's obvious you haven't read any of the material. Our first president was not Chef… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The people who illegally cross into the country are from countries that have very close ties to al Qaeda, whether it's Yemen or Afghanistan,… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. — Andrew Cuomo Copy Share Image
To him who disgraces his family life is no life, and to such a person there is no one a friend, neither while living… — Plato Copy Share Image
