If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.

If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.

The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.

The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.

Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails,
And each by turns his aching heart assails.

Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails,
And each by turns his aching heart assails.

Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all!
Reproach and everlasting shame
Sits mocking in our plumes.

Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all!
Reproach and everlasting shame
Sits mocking in our plumes.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

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.

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

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

If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.
[Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel est parsimoniae read more

The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.
[Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel est parsimoniae vel
frugalitatis.]