Best Shame Proverbs

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With his continual doctrine [Bishop Hooper] adjoined due and discreet correction, not so much severe to any as to them which for abundance of riches… — John Foxe
I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn't have to go very far to pick… — Lionel Blue
This wicked man Hitler, the repository and embodiment of many forms of soul-destroying hatred. this monstrous product of former wrongs and shame. — Winston Churchill
Live in thy shame, but die not shame with thee! — William Shakespeare
I was like the only diverse kid in my high school, and I'm half-Puerto Rican. But yeah, I have a huge family and tons of… — Aubrey Plaza
If we had the courage to confront the doubts we timidly conceive about ourselves, none of us would utter an 'I' without shame. — Emile M. Cioran
The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame. — Pierre Corneille
Every woman while she would be ready to die of shame if surprised in the act of generation, nonetheless carries her pregnancy without a trace… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame. — John Lyly
When you finally embrace the gift of your sexual orientation it IS the end; the end of shame, fear and oppression. You leave the darkness… — Anthony Venn-Brown
As a people, we value family, education and success. Hunger is an enemy to all three. Scientific studies have demonstrated that even brief periods of… — Ted Danson
The history of medicine proves that in so far as man seeks to know himself and face his whole nature, he has become free from… — Alfred Kinsey
Within each of us there is the heart of a lion, the courage to simply be who & what we are regardless of others opinions… — Oriah Dreamer
The mind's cross indexing puts the best librarian to shame. — Sharon Begley
For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe we… — Geneen Roth
And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first and last and… — Plato
And what shall he suffer who slays him who of all men, as they say, is his own best friend? I mean the suicide, who… — Plato
Mindful grief means mourning and letting go of the past without expectation, fear, censure, blame, shame, control and so forth. Without such mindful grief, neither… — David Richo
In darkness one may be ashamed of what one does, without the shame of disgrace. — Sophocles
Never do anything that you can't admit doing, because if you are that ashamed of whatever it is, it's probably wrong. — Ashly Lorenzana
An intuitive grasp of your character is formed by exploring scenes of profound emotional import-moments of overwhelming shame, joy, fear, pride, regret, forgiveness. — David Corbett
When one feels no shame in telling a deliberate lie, there is no evil, I tell you, he will not do. — Gautama Buddha
It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album. — Marc Almond
I'm in love, sweet love. Feel me calling out your name, I feel no shame. — Anita Baker
As for those that carried out these attacks there are no adequate words of condemnation. Their barbarism will stand as their shame for all eternity. — Tony Blair

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