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Disgrace Proverbs
Disgrace is like the grain of a tree trunk -- time makes it bigger instead of erasing it.
Japanese Proverb
That which in the beautiful woman is grace, in the ugly woman turns to disgrace.
Salvadoran Proverb
Handsome poverty is no disgrace.
American Proverb
The disgrace of the city is the fault of the citizens.
American Proverb
There is no disgrace in honest labour.
American Proverb
Fire is more bearable than disgrace.
Arabic Proverb
Praise to the face is open disgrace.
Romanian Proverb
One may survive distress, but not disgrace.
Scottish Proverb
Better retreat in honor than advance in disgrace.
Serbian Proverb
The rabble, as of old, truckles to success, and hates a favourite in disgrace.
Latin Proverb
Poverty is no disgrace, but it's a great inconvenience.
Latin Proverb
I prefer death to disgrace.
Latin Proverb
It is a disgrace to be praised by those who deserve no praise.
Latin Proverb
Let me tell you about my fate: it is an insult. Let me explain it to you: it is a disgrace. Were I to tell my neighbour about my fate, he would heap insults upon me. I looked into the water. My destiny was drifting past. I was born on an ill-fated day.
Sumerian Proverb