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    Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife,
    Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.

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If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

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Shame is pride's cloak.

Shame is pride's cloak.

by William Blake Found in: Shame Quotes,
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Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.

Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.

by Unknown Found in: Shame Quotes,
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I am not ashamed that these reproaches can be cast upon us, and
that they can not be repelled.
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I am not ashamed that these reproaches can be cast upon us, and
that they can not be repelled.
[Lat., Pudet haec opprobria nobis
Et dici potuisse et non potuisse repelli.]

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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.

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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.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Shame Quotes,
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He was not born to shame.
Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit;
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He was not born to shame.
Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit;
For 'tis a throne where honor may be crowned
Sole monarch of the universal earth.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Shame Quotes,
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Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Shame Quotes,
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Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others; And shame is fear of read more

Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others; And shame is fear of humiliation at one's inferior status in the estimation of others. When one sets his heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he is automatically involved in fear of losing his status.

by Lao Tzu Found in: Shame Quotes,
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