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Dignity Definition
(n.) The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.
(n.) Elevation; grandeur.
(n.) Elevated rank; honorable station; high office, political or ecclesiastical; degree of excellence; preferment; exaltation.
(n.) Quality suited to inspire respect or reverence; loftiness and grace; impressiveness; stateliness; -- said of //en, manner, style, etc.
(n.) One holding high rank; a dignitary.
(n.) Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim.
I told you in the course of this paper that Shakespeare had a sister; but do not look for her in 's of the poet. She died young--alas, she never wrote a word. She lies buried where the omnibuses now...
Virginia Woolf
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dignity, dreams, empowerment, equality, feminism, fiction, gender, opportunities, poetry, self determination
If woman had no existence save in the fiction written by men, one would imagine her a person of the utmost importance (...); as great as a man, some think even greater. But this is woman in fiction. I...
Virginia Woolf
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dignity, equality, fiction, gender, greatness, hypocrisy, importance, respect, stereotypes, truth
No: I shall not marry Samuel Fawthrop Wynne.I ask why? I must have a reason. In all respects he is more than worthy of you.She stood on the hearth; she was pale as the white marble slab and cornice be...
Charlotte Bronte
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courtship, dignity, empowerment, equality, feminism, gender, independence, inferiority, integrity, marriage