Dangerous Quote by Marquis de Sade

Innocence is not accustomed to blush.

— Moliere

Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

When guilt is in its blush of infancy, it trembles in a tenderness of shame; and the first eye that pierces through the veil…

— Thomas Southerne

“Blushing manifests the exposure, the unexpectedness, the involuntary nature of shame. In On Shame and the Search for Identity Helen Lynd writes, “One’s feeling…

— John Bradshaw

The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when she has once ceased to blush, it is because…

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

There is no shame — having a dirty face — the shame comes when you keep it dirty.

— Truman Capote

I believe we all have lists of shame. Long lists. We live with our constellation of shames quite privately. But they weigh us down.…

— Victoria Redel

The young blush much more freely than the old but not during infancy, which is remarkable, as we know that infants at a very…

— Charles Darwin

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

— Julie Burchill

It is not the conscience which raises a blush, for a man may sincerely regret some slight fault committed in solitude, or he may…

— Charles Darwin

“When we are exposed without any way to protect ourselves, we feel the pain of shame. If we are continually overexposed, shame becomes toxic.”

— John Bradshaw

Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.

— Tacitus