Disgrace Quotes

“No one can disgrace us but ourselves.”

“Whatever disgrace we may have deserved it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.”

“To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace”

“There is no disgrace in being knocked down, there is only shame in not getting back up; never quit!”

“It was disgraceful but also romantic enough to make Lina's heart turn.”

“Nor when love is of this disinterested sort is there any disgrace in being deceived, but in every other case there is equal disgrace in being or not being deceived. For he who is gracious to his lover under the impression that he is rich, and is disappointed of his gains because he turns out to be poor, is disgraced all the same: for he has done his best to show that he would give himself up to any one's "uses base" for the sake of money; but this is not honourable. And on the same principle he who gives himself to a lover because he is a good man, and in the hope that he will be improved by his company, shows himself to be virtuous, even though the object of his affection turn out to be a villain, and to have no virtue; and if he is deceived he has committed a noble error. For he has proved that for his part he will do anything for anybody with a view to virtue and improvement, than which there can be nothing nobler.”

“Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.”

“Labor disgraces no man unfortunately you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.”

“To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.”