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Disgraceful Quotes

Vittorio Alfieri quote: "Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime."
Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime. Vittorio Alfieri
...if it had to be shame, then let it be shame; if it had to be disgrace, then let it be disgrace; if it had to be degradation, then let it be degradation--the worse the better! Fyodor Dostoevsky
Henry Ford quote: "There is no disgrace in honest failure; there is disgrace in..."
There is no disgrace in honest failure; there is disgrace in fearing to fail Henry Ford
Malcolm X quote: "To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a..."
To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace Malcolm X
Altogether apart from that, it would be a disgrace to us to make this bargain with Germany at the expense of France, a disgrace from which the good name of this country would never recover. Edward Grey
Ulysses S. Grant quote: "Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find..."
Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor. Ulysses S. Grant
Yes, I'm a patriotic person. For these people who disgrace the American way and burn our flag and do all of these things... I say, don't live here and disgrace my country. Go live in the Middle East and see how you like it. Payne Stewart
Benjamin E. Mays quote: "It isn't a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a..."
It isn't a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Benjamin E. Mays
Hesiod quote: "Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace."
Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace. Hesiod
It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one's life. Chanakya
I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. All novels are or should be written for both men and women to read, and I am at a loss to conceive how a man should permit himself to write anything that would be really disgraceful to a woman, or why a woman should be censured for writing anything that would be proper and becoming for a man. Anne Bronte
To be a woman condemned to a wretched and disgraceful punishment is no impediment to beauty, but it is an insurmountable obstacle to power. Like all persons of real genius, her ladyship well knew what accorded with her nature and her means. Poverty disgusted her -subjection deprived her of two-thirds of her greatness. Her ladyship was only a queen amongst queens: the enjoyment of satisfied pride was essential to her sway. To command beings of an inferior nature, was, to her, rather a... Alexander Dumas
On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for fun and exercise: but as soon as the question of prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused…Nations work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believe – at any rate for short periods – that running, jumping, and kicking a ball are tests of... George Orwell
HELMER; But this is disgraceful. Is this the way you neglect your most sacred duties? NORA: What do you consider is my most sacred duty? HELMER: Do I have to tell you that? Isn't it your duty to your husband and children? NORA:I have another duty, just as sacred. HELMER: You can't have. What duty do you mean? NORA: My duty to myself. Henrik Ibsen
Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. Aldous Huxley

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