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Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
 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. 
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.
 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.] 
Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others; And shame is fear of read more
Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others; And shame is fear of humiliation at one's inferior status in the estimation of others. When one sets his heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he is automatically involved in fear of losing his status.
 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. 
 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.