The guilty catch themselves

The guilty catch themselves

Doubt is the brother of shame.

Doubt is the brother of shame.

A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.

A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

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.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

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.

Shame is pride's cloak.

Shame is pride's cloak.