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.]

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.

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.

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.

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 guilty catch themselves

The guilty catch themselves

O shame, where is thy blush?

O shame, where is thy blush?

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.