A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.

A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.

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.

If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

The only shame is to have none

The only shame is to have none

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

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

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.]

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.

O shame, where is thy blush?

O shame, where is thy blush?

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.