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 I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
 [Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.]  
 I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
 [Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.] 
 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. 
 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. 
 The only art her guilt to cover,
 To hide her shame from every eye,
  To give repentance read more 
 The only art her guilt to cover,
 To hide her shame from every eye,
  To give repentance to her lover,
   And wring his bosom, is--to die. 
 Less shame a greater fault would palliate.
 [Lat., Maggior difetto men vergogna lava.]  
 Less shame a greater fault would palliate.
 [Lat., Maggior difetto men vergogna lava.] 
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