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What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.
What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone 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.
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything
that is real about us; ashamed of read more
We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything
that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of
our incomes, of our accents, of our opinion, of our experience,
just as we are ashamed of our naked skins.
He was not born to shame.
Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit;
For 'tis a read more
He was not born to shame.
Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit;
For 'tis a throne where honor may be crowned
Sole monarch of the universal earth.
The only art her guilt to cover,
To hide her shame from every eye,
To give repentance read more
The only art her guilt to cover,
To hide her shame from every eye,
To give repentance to her lover,
And wring his bosom, is--to die.
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.
