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The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.
The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
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.
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.
I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
[Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.]
I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
[Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.]
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.
What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.
What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.