A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.

A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.

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.

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

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 most curious offspring of shame is shyness.

The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.

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.

The guilty catch themselves

The guilty catch themselves

If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

If yet not lost to all the sense of 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.