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Shame |
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Quotations
 | Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic 11 likes |
 | She is so embarrassed because she cannot have a lover without cheating on her husband. — Georges Feydeau, 1862-1921, French playwright 9 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 9 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 9 likes |
 | They should be ashamed of themselves, all these sober people! — Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher 8 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 7 likes |
 | What is the seal of liberation? — No longer being ashamed in front of oneself. — Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher 7 likes |
 | Poverty is not a Shame ; but the being ashamed of it, is. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 7 likes |
 | Take it from Richard, poor and lame, what’s begun in anger ends in shame. — Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer 6 likes |
 | Man is the only animal that Blushes. Or needs to. — Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer 6 likes |
 | Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 5 likes |
 | A nice man would feel ashamed even before a dog. — Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer 5 likes |
 | Shame is pride's cloak. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 4 likes |
 | Some people are so embarrassed when they borrow money that they don’t dare to pay it back. — Frédéric Dard, 1921-2000, French writer 4 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 3 likes |
 | Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions. — Charles Darwin, 1809-1882, British scientist 3 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 3 likes |
 | We hate the truth out of prudery, because it is naked. — Maurice Chapelan, 1906-1992, French author of maxims & journalist 2 likes |
 | We need never be ashamed of our tears. — Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer 1 likes |
 | People are not soured by misfortune, but by the reception they meet with in it. — William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic 1 likes |
| The public have neither shame or gratitude. — William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic 1 likes |
 | Unless you’re ashamed of yourself now and then, you’re not honest. — William Faulkner, 1897-1962, American writer, Nobel 1949 1 likes |
 | We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it. — Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer 1 likes |
 | France under Napoleon: slavery minus the shame. — François-René de Chateaubriand, 1768-1848, French poet & politician 1 likes |
 | What people are ashamed of usually makes a good story. — Francis Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940, American writer 1 likes |
 | Where a mind is past hope, the heart is past shame. — John Lyly, 1554-1606, English writer 1 likes |
| A kind person can feel ashamed even in front of a dog. — Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer 1 likes |
 | Blushes are the rainbow of modesty. — Bill Vaughan, 1915-1977, American journalist 1 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | The well-bred girl is the only animal that blushes when she sees a banana. — François Cavanna, 1923-2014, French humorist 1 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | There is no shame in light blue eyes. Γλαυκοίσιν οφθαλμοίσιν αιδώς ουκ ένι. — Aesop, 620-560 BC, Ancient Greek fabulist 15 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) 10 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) 9 likes |
 | It is a much greater shame to lose something than to fail to get it. Αίσχιον δε έχοντας αφαιρεθήναι ή κτωμένους ατυχήσαι. — Thucydides, 460-394 BC, Ancient Greek historian 5 likes |
 | The shameful is always shameful, whether it appears so or not. Αισχρόν το γ’ αισχρόν, καν δοκή καν μη δοκή. — Antisthenes, 445-360 BC, Ancient Greek Cynic philosopher 2 likes |
Proverbs
 | Make my enemy brave and strong, so that if defeated, I will not be ashamed. — American Indian proverb ‐ Plains 9 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | If a woman sleeps alone, it puts a shame on all men. — from the film Zorba the Greek (1964) 9 likes |
