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Less shame a greater fault would palliate.
[Lat., Maggior difetto men vergogna lava.]
Less shame a greater fault would palliate.
[Lat., Maggior difetto men vergogna lava.]
What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.
What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.
If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
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 only art her guilt to cover,
To hide her shame from every eye,
To give repentance read more
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.
The only shame is to have none
The only shame is to have none
