Shame Quotes

False shame only is harmful

The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.

Shame is an unhappy emotion invented by pietists in order to exploit the human race.
BLAKE EDWARDS

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

Avoid shame, but do not seek glory,-nothing so expensive as glory.

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No Indian prince has to his palace - More followers than a thief to the gallows

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are without any choice in the matter, and that this humiliation is seen by everyone.

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.

Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages

If you've never stared off into the distance, then your life is a shame.
Adam Duritz






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