The only shame is to have none

The only shame is to have none

I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
[Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.]

I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
[Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.]

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

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

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.

We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything
that is real about us; ashamed of read more

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.

Doubt is the brother of shame.

Doubt is the brother of shame.

Shame is pride's cloak.

Shame is pride's cloak.

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.

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.