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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.
I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right -- shame on you!
I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right -- shame on you!
 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.] 
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.
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 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.
 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. 
Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.
Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.
 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.