Every man's vanity ought to be his greatest shame; and…

Christians ought to eliminate their folly. They ought to adopt God's view of the absolute impossibility for their natural walk to please Him. They…

— Watchman Nee

“A man may indeed be an honest man; but the folly of sacrifice, of virginity, of devotedness, of martyrdom, arises only from faith in…

— Emile Bougaud

The why is plain as way to parish church: He that a fool doth very wisely hit Doth very foolishly, although he smart, Not…

— William Shakespeare

To become Christ-like is the only thing in the whole world worth caring for, the thing before which every ambition of man is folly…

— Henry Drummond

Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.

— Nikos Kazantzakis

It is a shame for a man to desire honor because of his noble progenitors, and not to deserve it by his own virtue.

— Saint John Chrysostom

“Twas a shame a man who looked like that ever had to wear a shirt.”

— Margaret Mallory

The shame of being a man - is there any better reason to write?

— Gilles Deleuze

Lizard at that time feel shame when a man are to see changing colors are again and again

— Mak_786

[To a priest who smoked:] What a shame for a man to dress like a saint and smell like a devil!

— Carrie Nation

Shame is something that's man-made.

— Big Daddy Kane

A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting... Thus a man of knowledge sweats and puffs and if one looks…

— Carlos Castaneda

“The one thing that troubles me is the ringing; it persists in my ear day and night, like the tolling of a distant temple…

— Masuji Ibuse

“People try to get out of themselves and to escape from the man. This is folly; instead of transforming themselves into angels, they turn…

— Montaigne

There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.

— Nicolas Chamfort