Dignitas (Dignitas)
Dignitas is respect a person earns by service and character. It is not bossiness, and it is not something you can demand. Cicero joins a quiet life with that earned respect.
Grades 7–8. Roman values.
How it connects
A student earns dignitas by doing the work well, not by telling other people to be quiet.
A line to remember
Cum dignitate otium.
A quiet life with earned respect.
Cicero, Pro Sestio 98
Latin words that go with this card: vir, vita.