Quote by George Santayana
Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise hi

Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself. – George Santayana

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By natures kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a mans power to answer do not occur to him at all. – George Santayana

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

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There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble. – Washington Irving

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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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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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