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Shame Quotes - Page 13

Avoid shame, but do not seek glory; nothing so expensive as glory.

Sydney Smith, Sarah Austin, Lady Saba Smith Holland Holland (1855). “A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith”, p.88, London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans

It was the emotion I hated the most of all emotions, shame.

Sister Souljah (2014). “A Deeper Love Inside: The Porsche Santiaga Story”, p.60, Simon and Schuster

Shame is like everything else; live with it for long enough and it becomes part of the furniture.

"Tell your crush how you feel - it may be relevant information" by Nell Frizzell, www.theguardian.com. July 10, 2015.

I would often be a coward, but for the shame of it.

Ralph Connor (1900). “Black Rock: A Tale of the Selkirks”, New York ; Toronto : F.H. Revell Company

Mortifications are often more painful than real calamities.

Oliver Goldsmith (1855). “The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale”, p.65