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A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
Respectability
Napoleon Bonaparte

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A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
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Billy Graham

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Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.
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Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort

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Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.
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Aesop

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Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.
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Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.
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Rodney Dangerfield

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I hate victims who respect their executioners.
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Jean-Paul Sartre

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I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.
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Herbert Henry Lehman

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I shall be glad when you have strangled the invincible respectability that dogs your steps.
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D. H. Lawrence

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In his private heart no man much respects himself.
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Mark Twain

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Men are respectable only as they respect.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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My life has been one long descent into respectability.
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Mandy Rice-Davies

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No place in England where everyone can go is considered respectable.
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George Moore

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Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.
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Albert Camus

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Now that I'm over sixty I'm veering toward respectability.
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Shelley Winters

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One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
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Edgar Watson Howe

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Respect a man, he will do it the more.
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James Howell

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Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.
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Eldridge Cleaver

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Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life.
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Chinese Proverb

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Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.
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Laurence Sterne

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Respect is love in plain clothes.
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Frankie Byrne

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Respect starts with yourself.
Respectability
Proverb

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Respect the burden.
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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.
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Sir John Herschel

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The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.
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Oscar Wilde

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