The trifle now inscribed with your name. was occasioned by a particular fact; but to the disgrace of human nature, the subject is sufficiently general to interest every heart not totally impenetrable.

When a benevolent mind contemplates the republic of Lycurgus, its admiration is mixed with a degree of horror.

But what has America to boast? What are the graces or the virtues which distinguish its inhabitants? What are their triumphs in war, or their inventions in peace?

I wil not compare the education of an ancient Spartan with that of a British nobleman.

In the western part of England lived a gentleman of large fortune, whose name was Merton.

We have no right to luxuries while the poor want bread.

But let her remember, that it is in Britain alone, that laws are equally favourable to liberty and humanity; that it is in Britain the sacred rights of nature have received their most awful ratification.

The trifle now inscribed with your name. was occasioned by a particular fact; but to the disgrace of human nature, the subject is sufficiently general to interest every heart not totally impenetrable.

But let us not too hastily triumph in the shame of Sparta, lest we aggravate our own condemnation.

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.

Altogether apart from that, it would be a disgrace to us to make this bargain with Germany at the expense of France, a disgrace from which the good name of this country would never recover.

Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.

There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.

A lot of people are upset that I'm not working. They say it's a disgrace.

The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same.

There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually.

It isn't a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.

Yes, I'm a patriotic person. For these people who disgrace the American way and burn our flag and do all of these things... I say, don't live here and disgrace my country. Go live in the Middle East and see how you like it.

It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.

New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush.

I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.

Is it no imputation to be arraigned before this House, in which I have sat forty years, and to have my name transmitted to posterity with disgrace and infamy?

At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history.

That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.

Poverty us no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.

There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born.

Poverty is not a disgrace, but it's terribly inconvenient.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.

As I suffer in the defence of my Country, I must consider this hour as the most glorious of my life -Remember that I die as becomes a British Officer, while the manner of my death must reflect disgrace on your Commander.

A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual.

Taking Big Bird away from our five year olds, lunch money away from our ten year olds, job training programs away from our fifteen year olds, and college loans away from our twenty year olds is a disgrace.

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.

Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.

However saying that I totally support the concept of civil partnerships in the eyes of the law, and think it a disgrace that same sex couples have had to wait so long for legal rights, protection and recognition.

The trifle now inscribed with your name. was occasioned by a particular fact; but to the disgrace of human nature, the subject is sufficiently general to interest every heart not totally impenetrable.

A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death.

The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.

It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one's life.

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

I hope there's a tinge of disgrace about me. Hopefully, there's one good scandal left in me yet.

I beg my Children to be just and virtuous, never to disgrace my name or theirs, and then they are out of fortune's power.

Rather than allow themselves to be separated from the love of Christ, they submitted cheerfully to every privation, to contumely and disgrace, and to death itself.

To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin.

I have suffered my self to be politically sacrificed to save my country from ruin and disgrace and if I am never a gain elected I will have the gratification to know that I have done my duty.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.