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.

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.

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.]

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.

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.

If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

Doubt is the brother of shame.

Doubt is the brother of shame.