Shame is pride's cloak.

Shame is pride's cloak.

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.

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 never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

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.

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.

If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

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