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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.] 
Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.
Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
The only shame is to have none
The only shame is to have none
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
 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. 
 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.] 
 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.