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.

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

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

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything
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We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything
that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of
our incomes, of our accents, of our opinion, of our experience,
just as we are ashamed of our naked skins.

Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages

Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages

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.

O shame, where is thy blush?

O shame, where is thy blush?

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.]

A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.

A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.