Shame Quotes
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The enormous expectation having to do with sexual love and the shame involved in this expectation degrades all a woman's perspectives from the start.
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Whom do you call bad?--Those who always want to induce shame.
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Shame tells you when you've gone too far. Then you try if it's okay to go too far. And it might be so that shame was right. You can never, never know that.
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There are two restraints which God has laid upon human nature, shame and fear; shame is the weaker, and has place only in those in whom there are some reminders of virtue.
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Of all sweet passions Shame is the loveliest.
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I wish to remain nameless And live without shame 'Cause what's in a name, Oh I still remain the same
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To ask may be but a moment's shame, not to ask and remain ignorant is a lifelong shame.
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It's a damn shame when people can't take you seriously because girls like you.
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Grace gives us the power to live, and mercy keeps us free from guilt, condemnation, and shame.
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God is ready to give more quickly, and to give more than you ask; yea, he offers his treasures if we only take them. It is truly a great shame and a severe chastisement for us Christians that God should still upbraid us for our slothfulness in prayer, and that we fail to let such a rich and excellent promise incite us to pray.
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Wrap thyself in the decent veil that the arts or the graces weave for thee, O human nature! It is only the statue of marble whose nakedness the eye can behold without shame and offence!
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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.
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Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker.
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I've got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distinguishing which is which.
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It seems there's just no room left for elegance in this paper-plate, blue-jean world. And I, for one, think it's a shame.
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Shame, it comes in every size, touches many lives, knocks on many doors.
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Unless Christianity is wholly false, the perception of ourselves which we have in moments of shame must be the only true one.
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When, however, you have an enemy, then do not requite him good for evil: for that would shame him. Instead, prove that he did some good for you. And rather be angry than put to shame! And when you are cursed, I do not like it that you want to bless. Rather curse a little also! And if you are done a great injustice, then quickly add five small ones. Hideous to behold is he who is obsessed with an injustice.
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Lovely place, shame about the people!
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When our thoughts are born, Though they be good and humble, one should mind How they are reared, or some will go astray And shame their mother.
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I think that it is a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage to sit and reflect and anticipate their great shame and the shame in their grandchildren's eyes if they continue that way of support. We've got to have equal rights for everyone.
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You will not achieve happiness if you don't work hard; and it's a shame not to want to work hard.
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If the people are governed by laws and punishment is used to maintain order, they will try to avoid the punishment but have no sense of shame. If they are governed by virtue and rules of propriety are used to maintain order, they will have a sense of shame and will become good as well.
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In the past six months, our federal government has devised a dozen strategies to save America's financial markets. Each plan has been more costly, more risky, and less aligned with the principles of our country's free market economy than the last. I am disappointed to say that this latest plan puts all the rest of them to shame.
