SHAME

Related Subjects: Blushing, Contempt, Disgrace, Scorn

1. Shame is the apprehension of a vision
   Reflected from the surface of opinion—
   The opinion of the public.—ARISTOPHANES, The Frogs
   

2. Men the most infamous are fond of fame,
   And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame.—CHARLES CHURCHILL, The Author
   

3. If yet, not lost to all the sense of shame.—HOMER, Iliad
   

4. He that shames let him be shent.—Proverb
   

5. He who has no shame has no conscience.—Proverb
   

6. Men may blush to hear what they were not ashamed to act.—Proverb
   

7. He that despises shame wants a bridle.—Proverb
   

8. Ingenuous shame, once lost, is never regained.—PUBLILIUS SYRUS, Sententiae
   

9. Shame may restrain what the law does not prohibit.—SENECA
   

10. Be not thy tongue thy own shame's orator.—SHAKESPEARE, The Comedy of Errors
    

11. Must I hold a candle to my shames?—SHAKESPEARE, The Merchant of Venice
    

12. The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.—BERNARD SHAW, Man and Superman