The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted. – François de La Rochefoucauld
Shame is like everything else; live with it for long enough and it becomes part of the furniture. – Salman Rushdie
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as than being unwilling to learn. – Benjamin Franklin
You can’t give up shame without giving up pride.
Shame is an unhappy emotion invented by pietists in order to exploit the human race. – Blake Edwards
If you are proud for bad reasons, shame waits around the corner. – Bangambiki Habyarimana
Our personal shame causes us to transpose treatment we deserve with treatment we do not. – Alan Robert Neal
Survival is your strength not your shame. – T.S. Eliot
Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating. – Samuel Richardson
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