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I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right -- shame on you!
I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right -- shame on you!
A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that read more
A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
 Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails,
 And each by turns his aching heart assails.  
 Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails,
 And each by turns his aching heart assails. 
 The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.
 [Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel est parsimoniae read more 
 The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.
 [Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel est parsimoniae vel 
frugalitatis.] 
 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.] 
 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.]