Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old shame quotes, shame sayings, and shame proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
The only shame is to have none.Blaise Pascal
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Shame is nothing more than the denial of truth.M Funkhouser
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Never shame to hear what you have nobly done.William Shakespeare
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It is a shame that when we have a good dream we are asleep at the time.P.K. Shaw
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You cannot really shame a man who sincerely does not care what others think of him.Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.Brene Brown
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Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.George Soros
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Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.Benjamin Franklin
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If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.Brene Brown
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We need never be ashamed of our tears.Charles Dickens
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One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so much real shame as well.Louis Kronenberger
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If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.Ugo Betti
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.Plautus
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Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.Benjamin Franklin
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There is no shame in not knowing something. The shame is in not being willing to learn.Alison Croggon
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Soul, if you want to learn secrets, your heart must forget about shame and dignity. You are God's lover, yet you worry what people are saying.Rumi
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What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself, and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always for being afraid.Robin G. Collingwood
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The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.Livy
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Repentance keeps sin from condemning us because Jesus died and scorned the shame.Mark Driscoll
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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
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Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Nothing is truly infamous, but what is wicked and therefore shame can never disturb an innocent and virtuous mind.Thomas Sherlock
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Shame is pride's cloak.William Blake
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Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.John Lyly
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Less shame a greater fault would palliate.Dante Alighieri
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Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.Samuel Richardson
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Vanity, shame, and above all disposition, often make men brave and women chaste.Francois de la Rochefoucauld
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Everyone needs a sense of shame, but no one needs to feel ashamed.Friedrich Nietzsche
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Shame is the power we give others to wield over us.Chinelo Okparanta