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Part of being human is being on the verge of disgrace.
There is but one thing without honor, smitten with eternal barrenness, inability to do or to be,-insincerity, unbelief.
Modesty, if you consider it, is the most unforgivable sort of falsehood: it's a lie that does damage to no one but yourself.
Those who show off do not shine.
embarrassing himself, he
Averse alike to flatter, or offend;
Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.
I find that respectability grows wearisome after a time, when one is accustomed to being a disgrace.
Ingratitude is treason to mankind.
Judgment and weariness are foes to service and generosity.
Unhappily the habit of being offensive 'without meaning it' leads usually to a way of making amends which the injured person cannot but regard as a being amiable without meaning it.
'Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed
As my object was not myself, I set out with the determination, and happily with the disposition, of not being moved by praise or censure, friendship or calumny, nor of being drawn from my purpose by any personal altercation; and the man who cannot do this, is not fit for a public character.
Do not be deceitful.
Do not be disdainful.
Do not be distrustful.
Do not be disgraceful.
Do not be disrespectful.
Ingenuousness is skewed by the cracks in the mirrors of the eye caused by the blunders of the insincere
No disrespect' is a world away from respect--and admiration.
Whatever is committed from a bad example, is displeasing even to its author.
I am not sure just what the unpardonable sin is, but I believe it is a disposition to evade the payment of small bills.
In order to protest ourselves from being disliked, we question our abilities and downplay our achievements, especially in the presence of others. We put ourselves down before others can.
The greatest of all humiliations is that disgrace delivered without a word being spoken, or a hand ever raised.
People offend you, irritate you, breathe contempt and malice against you; do not repay them in the same way, but be gentle, meek, and kind, respectful and loving towards those very persons who behave unworthily to you.
Nothing is more disreputable than wasting a reputation where it cannot be flaunted, for fame fades fast in fighting filthy foes.
To misuse one's talent, to be cavalier about it, to set it aside because of fear or sloth is unpardonable.
Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.
The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience.
If in an actor there appears an utter vacancy of meaning, a frigid equality, a stupid languor, a torpid apathy, the greatest kindness that can be shown him is a speedy sentence of expulsion.
The most baleful mischiefs may be expected from the unmanly conduct of not daring to face truth because it is unpleasing.
In a self-betraying condition, how we present ourselves unavoidably becomes of the focus of our concern, and we mistakenly confuse it with how we really are.
It's no fun being a specimen.
An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.
Vanity and rudeness are seldom seen together.
Many persons, when exalted, assume an insolent humility, who behaved before with an insolent haughtiness.
A false modesty is the meanest species of pride.
Respectability offends my taste.
Ingratitude never so thoroughly pierces the human breast as when it proceeds from those in whose behalf we have been guilty of transgressions.
There is a false modesty, which is vanity; a false glory, which is levity; a false grandeur, which is meanness; a false virtue, which is hypocrisy, and a false wisdom, which is prudery.
His action was inexcusable, but it was forgivable.
Disgraceful: for the soul to give up when the body is still going strong.
The unforgivable sin is the refusal to pardon.
Few sons attain the praise Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace.
We are ill-fated in that our society demands we engage in unworthy conversations and dances in order to seem courteous, and yet such actions are ultimately vulgar.
It is great and manly to disdain disguise; it shows our spirit and proves our strength.
Nudity is undignified and an error of taste
Sometimes we reveal ourselves when we are least like ourselves.
This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.
Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred.
to be respected be respecting
Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison, which causes the disagreeable passion of humility.
Sometimes, the most graceful way to handle something is to be decidedly ungraceful.
It is no disgrace not to be able to do everything; but to undertake, or pretend to do, what you are not made for, is not only shameful, but extremely troublesome and vexatious.
We cannot forgive another for not being ourselves.
There are times and places where not to be anyone is more honourable than to be someone.
Modesty is not one of my virtues.
I have a proud character that cannot bear contempt.
One can also be undignified and flattering toward a virtue.
There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
Streaking. That's a very stupid young man thing to do. There is something ruder I can't mention. Celebs On Sunday, you're kinda clean, aren't you? Hmm. Maybe we should stick to streaking.
The good opinion of the vulgar is injurious.
When superiors are fond of showing their humanity, inferiors try to outstrip one another in their practice of it.
Disloyalty in trusted servants is one of the most disheartening things that can happen to a public performer.
He that respects not is not respected.
Unkindness is being unkind to oneself.-Fida Fayez Qutob
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.
Not giving a fuck and not being able to give a fuck.
caughtoutedness.
There is no wretchedness like self-reproach.
Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false. The one guards virtue, the other betrays it.
Life may more than once call upon you to prove Who You Are by demonstrating an aspect of Who You Are Not.
Wretched, in a word, because she had behaved as any healthy and virtuous English girl ought to behave and not in some other, abnormal, extraordinary way.
Honour thy error as a hidden intention.
Flattery leads to vulgarity; the flatterer is despised.
Disappointment and feebleness imprint upon us a cowardly and valetudinarian virtue.
Your behavior is the testimony of your character.
The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be; because he shows you, by his manner, that he thinks it mere condescension in him; and that his goodness alone bestows upon you what you have no pretense to claim.
'What is the Unpardonable Sin' asked the lime-burner 'It is a sin that grew within my own breast', replied Ethan Brand 'The sin of an intellect that triumphed over the sense of brotherhood with man and reverence for God'.
Vulgar of manner, overfed, Overdressed and underbred; Heartless, Godless, hell's delight, Rude by day and lewd by night. - Byron RufusNewton
I would never disrespect anyone.
Vulgar and common persons, as they carry nothing out of this world, so they leave nothing in it: they receive no eminency in their birth, they acquire none in their life, they have none when they die, they leave none at their death.
An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!
Disrespect is a symptom of weakness, of smallness, of an existential problem. By acting rude to me he's showing me what he really thinks of himself.
To treat an imperfect brother (or sister) impatiently is to advertise our own imperfections.
Scarce any man becomes eminently disagreeable but by a departure from his real character, and an attempt at something for which nature or education has left him unqualified.
Not stepping over the bounds of modesty.
When boiled down to its essence, unforgiveness is hatred.
False modesty can be worse than arrogance.
We all look with distaste on people who arrogantly pretend to a reputation to which they are not entitled; but equally to be condemned are those who, through lack of moral fibre, fail to live up to the reputation which is theirs already.
Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.
How horrible it was to be despised. To feel yourself to be despicable.
The desire to impress is an efficient means of bringing out one's least impressive qualities.
Speak not nor act before thou hast reflected.
There are persons whom in my heart I despise, others I abhor. Yet I am not obliged to inform the one of my contempt, nor the other of my detestation. This kind of dissimulation ... is a necessary branch of wisdom, and so far from being immoral ... that it is a duty and a virtue.
But the unsensational doings of a quite commonplace young
There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal.
Few behaviors of other people are more irritating than those that display our own faults in an unattractive way.
Respectability is a curse; it is an "evil" that corrodes the mind and heart. It creeps upon one unknowingly and destroys love. To
I refuse to act the way someone expects me to.
I felt my true, unworthy self to be far away from his clutching grasp, hidden from his admiring gaze.
That deed is not well done of which a man must repent, and the reward of which he receives crying and with a tearful face.
Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.
Only those faults which we encounter in ourselves are insufferable to us in others.
Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman.