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The only shame is to have none
The only shame is to have none
 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.] 
 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. 
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
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.
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.