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Shameful Quotes by Plato
- Homosexuality is regarded as shameful by barbarians and by those who live under despotic governments just as philosophy is regarded as shameful by them, because…
- To be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
- Wherever it has been established that it is shameful to be involved with sexual relationships with men, that is due to evil on the part…
- For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories... The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be…
- The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
- The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is of all things most shameful and vile.
More Shameful Quotes
- My natural instinct after doing something shameful is not to rush into the street boasting about it but to put on dark… — Russell Baker
- I found myself compelled - like this weird, shameful compulsion - to draw cute animals. — Lynda Barry
- Covering up, so far as I can see, is often the accompaniment to far more truly shameful behaviour than stripping off. — Julie Burchill
- The whole curse of the last century has been what is called the Swing of the Pendulum; that is, the idea that… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- It is a shameful thing for the soul to faint while the body still perseveres. — Marcus Aurelius
- Seek the simplest in all things, in food, clothing, without being ashamed of poverty. For a great part of the world lives… — Unknown Author
- There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty. — George Farquhar
- Let us candidly admit that there are shameful blemishes on the American past, of which the worst by far is rum. Nevertheless,… — Bernard DeVoto
- The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom charitable souls… — Albert Camus
- We are more pained when one of our friends is guilty of something shameful than when we do it ourselves. — Friedrich Nietzsche
- I'll tell you what's the greatest power under heaven, and that is public opinion-the ruling belief in society about what is right… — George Eliot
- Why suspend the habeas corpus in insurrections and rebellions? Examine the history of England. See how few of the cases of the… — Thomas Jefferson