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Shame |
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 | Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic 10 likes |
 | When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are things to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honor are things to be ashamed of. — Confucius, 551-479 BC, Chinese teacher & philosopher 8 likes |
 | There is no one, no matter how wise he is, who has not in his youth said things or done things that are so unpleasant to recall in later life that he would expunge them entirely from his memory if that were possible. — Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer 8 likes |
 | They should be ashamed of themselves, all these sober people! — Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher 7 likes |
 | She is so embarrassed because she cannot have a lover without cheating on her husband. — Georges Feydeau, 1862-1921, French playwright 7 likes |
 | What is the seal of liberation? — No longer being ashamed in front of oneself. — Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher 6 likes |
 | Poverty is not a Shame ; but the being ashamed of it, is. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 6 likes |
 | When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 5 likes |
 | Take it from Richard, poor and lame, what’s begun in anger ends in shame. — Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer 5 likes |
 | Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 4 likes |
 | Man is the only animal that Blushes. Or needs to. — Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer 4 likes |
 | A nice man would feel ashamed even before a dog. — Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer 4 likes |
 | Shame is pride's cloak. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 3 likes |
 | Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you that you are the man she thinks you are. — Carl Sandburg, 1878-1967, American poet 2 likes |
 | Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions. — Charles Darwin, 1809-1882, British scientist 2 likes |
 | Homosexuality is assuredly no advantage, but it is nothing to be ashamed of, no vice, no degradation, it cannot be classified as an illness. — Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, Austrian psychologist, founder of psychoanalysis 2 likes |
 | We need never be ashamed of our tears. |
 | People are not soured by misfortune, but by the reception they meet with in it. |
| The public have neither shame or gratitude. |
 | Unless you’re ashamed of yourself now and then, you’re not honest. |
 | We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it. |
 | We hate the truth out of prudery, because it is naked. — Maurice Chapelan, 1906-1992, French author of maxims & journalist |
 | France under Napoleon: slavery minus the shame. — François-René de Chateaubriand, 1768-1848, French poet & politician |
 | What people are ashamed of usually makes a good story. |
 | Blushes are the rainbow of modesty. |
Ancient Greek
 | There is no shame in light blue eyes. Γλαυκοίσιν οφθαλμοίσιν αιδώς ουκ ένι. — Aesop, 620-560 BC, Ancient Greek fabulist 13 likes |
 | It’s a shame to stumble on the same rock twice. Δις προς τον αυτόν αισχρόν προσκρούσαι λίθον. — Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy) 9 likes |
| Anybody who blushes is a good man, me thinks. Πας ερυθριών χρηστός είναι μοι δοκεί. — Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy) 8 likes |
Proverbs
 | Make my enemy brave and strong, so that if defeated, I will not be ashamed. — American Indian proverb ‐ Plains 7 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | If a woman sleeps alone, it puts a shame on all men. — from the film Zorba the Greek (1964) 7 likes |
