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A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that read more
A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.
O shame, where is thy blush?
O shame, where is thy blush?
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.]
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.
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.
If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.