Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings.

Shame is one of the greatest aphrodisiacs in the world, anyway, built into religion.

My charity is outrage, life my shame; And in that shame still live my sorrow's rage!

Shame is an unhappy emotion invented by pietists in order to exploit the human race.

I'm trying to think of what I'm ashamed of. But, damn, I don't really have any shame.

It is a shame for the tongue to cast itself upon the uncertain pardon of other's ears

Family are the people who must make you feel ashamed when you are deserving of shame.

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.

Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.

Anyone worth knowing breaks once. Once. No shame, no foul if you survive it. You did.

Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.

You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.

The high-minded man is fond of conferring benefits, but it shames him to receive them.

To ask may be but a moment's shame, not to ask and remain ignorant is a lifelong shame.

A true repentance shuns the evil itself, more than the external suffering or the shame.

It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.

One must live with all, e'en if life be hell: Crime makes shame, not monetary stricture.

It's a shame to waste [the uniqueness that is you], by doing what someone else has done.

If you destroy delicacy and a sense of shame in a young girl, you deprave her very fast.

Never have I risked my life, or even my comfort, in the service of mankind. Shame on me.

There is no shame in being a survivor of sexual violence. The shame is on the aggressor.

Chastity is oftener owing to diffidence and shame, than to fortitude of reason or virtue.

I've never not been proud of the work I was doing; I have nothing I have any shame about.

I was always the shame of the family - the one Yankee who was actually born in the North.

I feel like it's a real shame that my generation doesn't make an appearance at the opera.

Shame on all eloquence which leaves us with a taste for itself and not for its substance.

Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.

Never let anyone shame you into doing anything you don't choose to do. Keep your identity.

One is never so dangerous when one has no shame, than when one has grown too old to blush.

Be clever and do not build walls, because in the future they will bring only shame to you!

If there's not someone in your social circle who doesn't look like you, then shame on you.

It's just that I am too old now to chase all the woman involved; which just seems a shame.

When I fell in love, all the shame and guilt I carried with me for years suddenly vanished.

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.

It's a shame to call somebody a 'diva' simply because they work harder than everybody else.

If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.

Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority.

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

It's such a shame that people are so much more worried about being right than being decent.

It's a shame to be caught up in something that doesn't absolutely make you tremble with joy.

Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?

I'm a last-minute shopper. I end up at the mall or somewhere on Christmas Eve. It's a shame.

I've worn a dress at my wedding. I've worn 6-inch Louboutins. I've got no fear and no shame.

There is no shame being beaten by such a great player, Sachin is perhaps only next to the Don

It's not a crime not to know yourself. It's not a crime to send life away. It's just a shame.

Most of the groups I worked with 30 years ago are either dead or dead broke. And it's a shame.

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

The virtuous nothing fear but life with shame, And death's a pleasant road that leads to fame.

Envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that nobody ever had the confidence to own it.

Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.

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