Character Quote by David Brooks

Shame is the dying embers of virtue.

— Josh Billings

There may be guilt when there is too much virtue.

— Jean Racine

A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.

— Mencius

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.

— Edmund Burke

There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.

— Beth Ditto

Shamelessness is a wonderful part of the character.

— Stephen Colbert

A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass.

— Colin Powell

Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.

— Brené Brown

Shame, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder.

— Julie Burchill

It is not human to be without shame and without desire.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“A pervasive sense of shame is the ongoing premise that one is fundamentally bad, inadequate, defective, unworthy, or not fully valid as a human…

— Merle Fossum

“When you run up against someone else’s shamelessness, ask yourself this: Is a world without shamelessness possible? No. Then don’t ask the impossible. There…

— Marcus Aurelius