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The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.
The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
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.
A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that read more
A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.
The only shame is to have none
The only shame is to have none
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.
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.