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Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
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?
Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all!
Reproach and everlasting shame
Sits mocking in our plumes.
Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all!
Reproach and everlasting shame
Sits mocking in our plumes.
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife,
Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.
Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife,
Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails,
And each by turns his aching heart assails.
Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails,
And each by turns his aching heart assails.
