Definition of Humiliation
Humiliation
The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride; mortification.
The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to lowliness or submission.
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Humiliation Quotations
It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.
Mahatma Gandhi
With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
William Tecumseh Sherman
Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
John Donne
We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a nation, and that a progression in this line cannot be a productive of happiness, private or public.
Henry Knox
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Elie Wiesel
Art is born of humiliation.
W. H. Auden
The holy book is implanted in the hearts and minds of all the Muslims. Humiliation of the holy book represents the humiliation of our people.
Hamid Karzai
All the world wondered as they witnessed... a people lift themselves from humiliation to the greatest pride.
Corazon Aquino
The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.
Simone Weil
Humiliation Translations
humiliation in Norwegian is ydmykelse
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