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Quote by George Santayana
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand. - George

Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand. – George Santayana

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Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality. – George Santayana

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Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men. – George Santayana

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At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity. – E. M. Forster

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Dignity belongs to the conquered. – Kenneth Burke

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True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn. – Philip Massinger

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Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only too well all the unspeakable things that go on in the heart. – Luigi Pirandello

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