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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.]
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
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
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.
The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.
The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.
What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.
What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.