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Shame Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche
- We are more pained when one of our friends is guilty of something shameful than when we do it ourselves.
- The Refinement of Shame. People are not ashamed to think something foul, but they are ashamed when they think these foul thoughts are attributed to…
- One unconsciously takes it for granted that doer and sufferer think and feel alike, and according to this supposition we measure the guilt of the…
- It is only because man believes himself to be free, not because he is free, that he experiences remorse and pricks of conscience.
- A man who has depths in his shame meets his destiny and his delicate decisions upon paths which few ever reach . . .
- When the gratitude of many to one throws away all shame, we behold fame.
- Everyone needs a sense of shame, but no one needs to feel ashamed.
- If you have an enemy, do not requite him evil with good, for that would put him to shame. Rather prove that he did you…
- Verily, I do not like them, the merciful who feel blessed in their pity: they are lacking too much in shame. If I must pity,…
- What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.
More Shame Quotes
- It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you. — Abu Bakr
- I used to look in the mirror and feel shame, I look in the mirror now and I absolutely love myself. — Drew Barrymore
- Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors? — Saint Basil
- Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how… — Martha Beck
- Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that… — Theodore Bikel
- If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will… — Aeschylus
- Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- I have big friends who won't go swimming because they're too embarrassed about it. I feel that's such a shame, because actually… — Jo Brand
- You know, it's kind of a shame in a way but the more seasoned directors a lot of times have more difficult… — Jeff Bridges
- Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values… — Jacob Bronowski
- Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning