Disgrace

Famous quotes containing the word disgrace:

    “...he who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself. He will get wounds and dishonor, and his disgrace will not be wiped away. For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury, and he shows no restraint when he takes revenge.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 6:32-34.

    “Talk of heaven! ye disgrace earth.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “For them it’s out-of-date and outmoded to perform miracles; teaching the people is too like hard work, interpreting the holy scriptures is for schoolmen and praying is a waste of time; to shed tears is weak and womanish, to be needy is degrading; to suffer defeat is a disgrace and hardly fitting for one who scarcely permits the greatest of kings to kiss the toes of his sacred feet; and finally, death is an unattractive prospect, and dying on a cross would be an ignominious end.”
    —Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)