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False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth.


Hesiod

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TENZING NORGAY If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
ITALIAN PROVERB If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.
CHINESE PROVERB Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it is.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is.
ENGLISH PROVERB Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn
SOPHOCLES Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man, And bitter shame...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE One of the misfortunes of our time is, that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so muc...
LOUIS KRONENBERGER One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame we have killed off so much ...
LOUIS KRONENBERGER Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife, Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.
JOHN DRYDEN Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN It was a shame. Samuel is a human being and he felt bad on the field but I was pleased with the atti...
FRANK RIJKAARD He was a good guy, he was a hard worker, he was a family man. It's a shame this happened. I hope the...
BEN GROSS If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a littl...
WILLIAM COWPER You cannot really shame a man who sincerely does not care what others think of him.
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA There is no shame in ignorance before a higher power but there is shame in arrogance.
IAN-ANTHONY FINNIMORE There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at o...
BETH DITTO Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his grief.
VIRGIL Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his grief.
DAVID TUVILL You can't shame a shameless man, you can only remind him of the awesome shit he's done.
CAPTAIN PERVERTO Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you that you are the man she t...
CARL SANDBURG Homer and Hesiod have ascribed to the gods all things that are a shame and a disgrace among mortals,...
XENOPHANES In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and...
JOHN ADAMS It's a shame she doesn't have more confidence in her shot. I have confidence she can make 3s.
TIM ZASADA It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
HORACE Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.
HESIOD This man had something to hide, some shame in his past, and those with a past can always be bought.
IAN RANKIN The Plutocracy’s insatiable hunger for pixelated information is enough to put a bulimic Pac-Man to...
DEAN CAVANAGH [T]he principal suffering of the poor is shame and disgrace.
GREGORY BOYLE No revolution is made out of shame. I reply: Shame is already revolution of a kind
KARL MARX When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom
BIBLE It's shame that gets us killed. Shame is the anchor, the heaviest burden to carry from the battlefie...
MARK LAWRENCE To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited mis...
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY And there's a lust in man no charm can tame Of loudly publishing our neighbor's shame; On eagles' wi...
STEPHEN HARVEY I'm drawn to melancholy characters. I don't know what that says about me. Characters who are...
GARRETT DILLAHUNT While there is no shame in being gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex - or even straight ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Power is the element of trust by one or many, allowing one to make a decision. Trust is the element ...
RICHARD JEONG The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty. [Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel...
TITUS LIVY The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, w...
THOMAS HOBBES Our need to be "greater than" or "less than" has been a defense against toxic shame. A shameful act ...
MAUREEN BRADY Better die with honor than live with shame.
ENGLISH PROVERB There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out.
RUSSIAN PROVERB I wish I could fill every young man who reads these pages with an utter dread and horror of poverty....
ORISON SWETT MARDEN Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame er...
BRENE BROWN What can that faith do for him in his need?
It teaches him to bear adversity
With patience t...
ROBERT FERGUSON Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?
SAINT BASIL I was almost ready to leave him out there with three, four or five fouls. For someone that hot, it's...
MIKE D'ANTONI Properly Placed Shame Shows Moral Character, but Not Putting Yourself In A Position To Experience Sh...
DONALD LYNN FROST It's a shame we blew that game, or he'd be even closer.
PAUL LO DUCA As a shame researcher, I know that the very best thing to do in the midst of a shame attack is total...
BRENE BROWN We are all familiar with the feelings of guilt and shame. They are really bothersome and nagging emo...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA It's a shame for him, but things like that happen. It's only four years until the next Olympics.
BJOERN LIND It's really a shame we can't have him here.
DAVE BURNS It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.
MARC ALMOND He who borrows will have to pay again with shame or loss.
VIKRANT PARSAI There is no shame in not knowing something. The shame is in not being willing to learn.
ALISON CROGGON Italy ... is the least generous of the developed world with regard to aid and that is a shame. We as...
BOB GELDOF The exhibitionist loves to flirt with shame
MASON COOLEY He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth sha...
BIBLE [Koffi Annan is] a shame for Africa.
CHARLES BLE GOUDE It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight ...
WILLIAM FAULKNER Healthy shame is an emotion that teaches us about our limits. Like all emotions, shame moves us to g...
JOHN BRADSHAW Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself.
JOHN GIELGUD Shame is pride's cloak.
WILLIAM BLAKE Shame is Prides cloke.
WILLIAM BLAKE It seems a shame that all that will count from this is the stats.
FRED LEDESMA Man I got so many regrets. The biggest is that Eminem gave me so many demos - six different times he...
FAT JOE Claiming to be offended is a great way to elevate yourself at the expense of others: “Look at me! ...
OLIVER MARKUS MALLOY It's a crying shame that they're doing this.
DAVID RIVKIN A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of...
ISOROKU YAMAMOTO It's a shame that he's gone. It's a disappointment.
JERRY JONES Cowardice rightly understood begins with selfishness and ends with shame.
JOSé RIZAL Take this remark from Richard poor and lame, Whate'er's begun in anger ends in shame
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A bad hair cut is two people's shame
DANISH PROVERB There's poverty in wealth. If a man is wealthy without good health, is he not poor? If a man is weal...
MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON In our culture, the shame about accidental pregnancy is inextricable from the shame about having had...
KATHA POLLITT I wonder if a typical African man can wash her woman's feet without feeling the strain of a burgeoni...
IFEOLUWA EGBETADE I was ready to leave him out there with his third, fourth, fifth and sixth fouls. Somebody that hot,...
MIKE D'ANTONI I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix.
DEYTH BANGER There is nothing spiritual about a marriage that uses guilt, blame, shame or religious manipulations...
SHANNON L. ALDER Now shame on the coward soul, which wants the courage either to be a firm friend, or an open enemy.
MATTHEW LEWIS Shame is worse than death.
PROVERB Shame is worse than death.
RUSSIAN PROVERB It's a shame but it was just one of those things that happen,
BARRY LANE It's really a shame that this woman lost everything.
CAPT. LEONARD REVELLE It's a shame someone had to lose that game.
NICK KAMBERIS My ability to tolerate shame, to compartmentalize it, to swallow it, increased right along with my b...
EDWARD UGEL Most men experience getting older with regret, apprehension. But most women experience it even more ...
SUSAN SONTAG Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority.
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) He was never the same after he hurt his arm. That is a shame.
LEE PELEKOUDAS By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes.
E.M. FORSTER Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.
ROBERT HALF Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.
ROBERT HALF Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy
ROBERT HALF The difference between a rich man and a poor man, is this - the former eats hen when he pleases, and...
WALTER RALEIGH, SR. Can I ask you something?" you said. "How did you ever survive that scandal?"

She said, "I...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN There is no shame in feeling bad about having to kill. The shame comes when you no longer care.
ROBYN WIDEMAN Shame in a woman is known by her dress.
VIKRANT PARSAI Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
MICHEL EYQUEM DE MONTAIGNE

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HESIOD Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster.
HESIOD Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.
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HESIOD For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.
HESIOD Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds.
HESIOD No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
HESIOD So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn jus...
HESIOD If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great.
HESIOD The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work.
HESIOD Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
HESIOD Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.
HESIOD It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.
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HESIOD And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.
HESIOD Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly o...
HESIOD He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner...
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HESIOD If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much.
HESIOD Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace
HESIOD Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.
HESIOD He's only harming himself who's bent upon harming another
HESIOD When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness
HESIOD It is best to do things systematically, since we are only humans, and disorder is our worst enemy
HESIOD Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.
HESIOD A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.
HESIOD Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.
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