Personal humiliation was painful. Humiliation of one's family was much…

Orson Scott Card
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Personal humiliation was painful. Humiliation of one's family was much worse. Humiliation of one's social status was agony to bear. But humiliation of one's nation was the most excruciating of human miseries. ✨ Orson Scott Card (2016). Seventh Son and Red Prophet, p.187, Macmillan
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