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.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.
[Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel est parsimoniae read more

The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.
[Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel est parsimoniae vel
frugalitatis.]

The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.

The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.

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.

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.]

The guilty catch themselves

The guilty catch themselves

O shame, where is thy blush?

O shame, where is thy blush?

A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.

A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.