Showing posts with label dignity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dignity. Show all posts

December 28, 2010

#2,495

If dignity does not suffice to recommend modesty, vanity should.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 401

#2,494

Modern man is never prepared, either morally or intellectually, to slip and fall with the greatest dignity possible.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 401

July 5, 2010

#1,412

The increasing freedom of customs in modern society has not suppressed domestic conflicts.
It has only taken away their dignity.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 240

May 24, 2010

#1,148

An ethics that does not command us to renounce is a crime against the dignity to which we should aspire and against the happiness which we can obtain.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 202

March 26, 2010

#795

“The dignity of man,” “the greatness of man,” “the rights of man,” etc.: a verbal hemorrhage which the simple sight of our face in the morning as we shave should staunch.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 143