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I would always rather be happy than dignified. — Charlotte Bronte · 1847
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. — Dolores Ibarruri · 1936
It's no disgrace t'be poor, but it might as well be. — Frank McKinney Hubbard · 1911
I can’t die with dignity. I have no dignity. I want to be the one person who doesn’t die with dignity. I live my whole life in shame. Why should I die with dignity? — George Costanza · 1993
Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. — George Santayana · 1925