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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Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another people are friends in spots. – George Santayana

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We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible. – George Santayana

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Human rights rest on human dignity. The dignity of man is an ideal worth fighting for and worth dying for. – Robert Maynard

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True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.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

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Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny. – Ronald Knox

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Dignity belongs to the conquered. – Kenneth Burke

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