Could he with reason murmur at his case,
Himself sole author of his own disgrace?

Could he with reason murmur at his case,
Himself sole author of his own disgrace?

Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
[Lat., Hominum immortalis est infamia;
Etiam read more

Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
[Lat., Hominum immortalis est infamia;
Etiam tum vivit, cum esse credas mortuam.]

And wilt thou still be hammering treachery
To tumble down thy husband and thyself
From top of read more

And wilt thou still be hammering treachery
To tumble down thy husband and thyself
From top of honor to disgrace's feet?

Disgraced like a man whose own pet bites him.

Disgraced like a man whose own pet bites him.

To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.

To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.

That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.
[Lat., Id demum est homini read more

That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.
[Lat., Id demum est homini turpe, quod meruit pati.]

The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the
nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is read more

The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the
nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone!

It is no disgrace to start all over. It is usually an opportunity.

It is no disgrace to start all over. It is usually an opportunity.

Come, Death, and snatch me from disgrace.

Come, Death, and snatch me from disgrace.