A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.

A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.

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.

Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.

Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.

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.

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 guilty catch themselves

The guilty catch themselves

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?

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.