1: People will regret themselves and then others will regret them, their families will destroy themselves and then they will be destroyed, and the country will cut down on themselves and then others will cut them down.
——"Mencius"
2: People are shocked in various ways: some are on the spine; some are on the nerves; some are on the moral feeling; and the strongest, The most lasting thing is personal dignity.
——John Goersworth
3: Every upright person should maintain his dignity.
——Rousseau
4: Self-esteem has so far been a necessary virtue for a few people. Wherever power is unequal, it is not to be found in those who submit to the domination of others.
――Russell