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Personal dignity is to be measured with the yardstick of one's conscience, not with that of other people's judgement.

Fausto Cercignani

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Fausto Cercignani
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 21
Essayist
Literary Critic
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Casteddu de Càlaris
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Judgement
Dignity
Conscience
Personal
People
Yardstick
Yardsticks

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