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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
Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others; And shame is fear of read more
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.
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
O shame, where is thy blush?
O shame, where is thy blush?
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.
What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.
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.
