The saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful.
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Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.
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I don't think there's any doubt that some of the factors in his pardon was attributable to large gifts, some of which he gave to Israel, other benefactors and the influence of his former wife, so I think that was, in my opinion, disgraceful, ... brought discredit to the White House because of it.
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Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.
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An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.
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If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.
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It is disgraceful to live as a stranger in one's country, and be an alien in any matter that affects our welfare.
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Humility is not disgraceful, and carries no loss of true pride.
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Nothing surely is so disgraceful to society and to individuals as unmeaning wastefulness.
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