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.

I am not ashamed that these reproaches can be cast upon us, and
that they can not be repelled.
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I am not ashamed that these reproaches can be cast upon us, and
that they can not be repelled.
[Lat., Pudet haec opprobria nobis
Et dici potuisse et non potuisse repelli.]

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.

The only art her guilt to cover,
To hide her shame from every eye,
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The only art her guilt to cover,
To hide her shame from every eye,
To give repentance to her lover,
And wring his bosom, is--to die.

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

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.

A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.

A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.