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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
[Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.]
I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
[Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.]
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.
The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.
The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.
Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
O shame, where is thy blush?
O shame, where is thy blush?
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.