“ One of the misfortunes of our time is, that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so much real shame as well. ”
- Louis Kronenberger- Copy
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“ You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to fall down flat. But to lie there — that's a disgrace. ”
- E. V. Cooke- Copy
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“ We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our naked skins. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies. ”
- Alexander Pope- Copy
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“ Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
- 359
“ I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right — shame on you! ”
- Louis Armstrong- Copy
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“ It is safest to be moderately base — to be flexible in shame, and to be always ready for what is generous, good and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue. ”
- Sydney Smith- Copy
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“ Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think. ”
- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne- Copy
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“ Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some of the most refined and elegant qualities of human potential. ”
- Willard Gaylin- Copy
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“ Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame. ”
- Marcus Tullius Cicero- Copy
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“ The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame. ”
- Thomas Hobbes- Copy
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“ The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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“ Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants. ”
- Edmund Burke- Copy
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“ An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful. ”
- Thucydides- Copy
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“ Poverty, of course, is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying. ”
- William Pitt Chatham- Copy
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“ Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient. ”
- Sydney Smith- Copy
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“ Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
- 1.5K
“ Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife, Soon taught the sweet civilities of life. ”
- John Dryden- Copy
- 2K
“ A disease and its treatment can be a series of humiliations, a chisel for humility. ”
- Laurel Lee- Copy
- 3.9K
“ Some states have passed abominable laws that are a disgrace to democracy. ”
- Jimmy Carter- Copy
- 1.8K
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