The guilty catch themselves

The guilty catch themselves

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone 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 most curious offspring of shame is shyness.

The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

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.

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.

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.

Common sense hides shame.

Common sense hides shame.