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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.
Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all!
Reproach and everlasting shame
Sits mocking in our plumes.
Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all!
Reproach and everlasting shame
Sits mocking in our plumes.
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 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.
O shame, where is thy blush?
O shame, where is thy blush?
The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.
The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.
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
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.]
