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A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
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.
O shame, where is thy blush?
O shame, where is thy blush?
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.]
The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.
The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.
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.]
Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails,
And each by turns his aching heart assails.
Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails,
And each by turns his aching heart assails.