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As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought
not, she will not be ashamed read more
As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought
not, she will not be ashamed of what she ought.
[Lat., Nae simul pudere quod non oportet coeperit; quod oportet
non pudebit.]
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
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.
A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that read more
A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.
O shame, where is thy blush?
O shame, where is thy blush?
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.
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.
Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife,
Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.
Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife,
Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.
Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
