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Shame Quotes - Page 5

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

Henry Fielding (1832). “The History of Amelia”, p.150

You cannot shame or belittle people into changing their behaviors.

BrenĂ© Brown (2007). “I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough"”, p.20, Penguin

Among the problems with shame was that it in fact did not make you shorter or quieter or less visible. You just felt like you were.

J.R. Ward (2008). “Lover Enshrined: A Novel of The Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.72, Penguin

England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality.

George Orwell (1970). “A Collection of Essays”, p.275, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Shame is removed through love.

Danny Silk (2012). “The Practice of Honor: Putting Into Daily Life the Culture of Honor”, p.17, Destiny Image Publishers

By bringing shame to a person, how could one expect to make him a better man?

"Hagakure". Book by Yamamoto Tsunetomo and Nabeshima Mitsushige, circa 1716.

There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life with somebody.

Augusten Burroughs (2012). “This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.”, p.27, Macmillan

A fellow by the hand of nature mark'd, Quoted, and sign'd, to do a deed of shame.

William Shakespeare (1836). “Select plays from Shakspeare; adapted for the use of schools and young persons: with notes from the best commentators. [6 plays”

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.

"Company Manners: A Cultural Inquiry into American Life". Book by Louis Kronenberger, p. 76, 1954.

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1979). “Emile: Or, On Education”, p.217, Basic Books