Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.
[Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel est parsimoniae read more

The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.
[Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel est parsimoniae vel
frugalitatis.]

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.

Less shame a greater fault would palliate.
[Lat., Maggior difetto men vergogna lava.]

Less shame a greater fault would palliate.
[Lat., Maggior difetto men vergogna lava.]

The only art her guilt to cover,
To hide her shame from every eye,
To give repentance read more

The only art her guilt to cover,
To hide her shame from every eye,
To give repentance to her lover,
And wring his bosom, is--to die.

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.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.