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Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
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.]
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
O shame, where is thy blush?
O shame, where is thy blush?
The only shame is to have none
The only shame is to have none
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.
Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.
Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.
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.
The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.
The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.
