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    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.

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If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

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Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

by Seneca Found in: Shame Quotes,
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As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought
not, she will not be ashamed read more

As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought
not, she will not be ashamed of what she ought.
[Lat., Nae simul pudere quod non oportet coeperit; quod oportet
non pudebit.]

by Titus Livy Found in: Shame Quotes,
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O shame, where is thy blush?

O shame, where is thy blush?

by William Shakespeare Found in: Shame Quotes,
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Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages

Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages

by Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Found in: Shame Quotes,
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Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

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

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Shame Quotes,
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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.]

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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.

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We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything
that is real about us; ashamed of read more

We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything
that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of
our incomes, of our accents, of our opinion, of our experience,
just as we are ashamed of our naked skins.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Shame Quotes,
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