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O shame, where is thy blush?
O shame, where is thy blush?
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought
not, she will not be ashamed read more
As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought
not, she will not be ashamed of what she ought.
[Lat., Nae simul pudere quod non oportet coeperit; quod oportet
non pudebit.]
The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.
The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.
Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.
Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.
