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25 Decent Quotes

Decent means to accept and follow the standards and the norms of the society. This is a collection of 25 quotes on decent and decent sayings.


The measure of a decent human being is how he or she treats the defenseless. - Bill O'Reilly
The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind. - Norman Borlaug
Sufi poetry is, in a sense, self-help poetry about how to live a decent life, how to deal with your mortality. - Mohsin Hamid
Creepy people do the things that decent people want to do, but have decided are not a great idea. - Mike Birbiglia
A decent man would stand out like a cactus on an ice floe. - Timothy Egan
If being a decent soul is being maternal, then fine. - Mary Beard
Respectable means rich, and decent means poor. - Thomas Mann
There are people who don't understand some of the core aspects of being a decent human being. - Aquaria
A decent human being is ashamed at being somebody's boss! - Arno Hintjens
Associate with well-mannered persons and your manners will improve. Run around with decent folk and your own decent instincts will be strengthened. - Stanley Walker
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. - Samuel Johnson
A decent beard has long been the number one must-have fashion item for any fugitive from justice. - Craig Brown
False modesty is the most decent of all deceptions. - Nicolas Chamfort
Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed. - Channing Pollock
A decent boldness ever meets with friends. - Homer
It's such a shame that people are so much more worried about being right than being decent. - Jack Hunter
'Returnless risk' is not how you prepare for a decent retirement. - Barry Ritholtz
Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter. - Bernard Baruch
Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found. - Eminem
Wars may be fought by decent men, but they're not won by them. - P. D. James
Make yourselves decent men! ... Be chaste and pure! ... There is no other way. - Swami Vivekananda
Real life seldom structures a decent denouement. - Dan Simmons
Love isn't decent. Love is glorious and shameless. - Elizabeth von Arnim
The large majority of faith-based people are decent, fair-minded people. - George Takei
War makes murderers out of otherwise decent people. All wars, and all decent people. - Benjamin B. Ferencz
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