Quotes about Ignominy

Truth… never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her forth.

Heroism and ignominy both are part of our history. The only question is whether, having seen both, we can repent of the one and rejoice and be inspired by the other. Or whether we will let one of them tempt us so far away from the other that we have a deeply distorted view.