A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.

A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.

Shame is pride's cloak.

Shame is pride's cloak.

The only shame is to have none

The only shame is to have none

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.]

Common sense hides shame.

Common sense hides shame.

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.

Doubt is the brother of shame.

Doubt is the brother of shame.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.