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.
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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.
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.
O shame, where is thy blush?
O shame, where is thy blush?
Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife,
Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.
Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife,
Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
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
