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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.
Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.
Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.
He was not born to shame.
Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit;
For 'tis a read more
He was not born to shame.
Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit;
For 'tis a throne where honor may be crowned
Sole monarch of the universal earth.
Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
The only shame is to have none
The only shame is to have none
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.
The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.
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.
