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Shame Quotes - Page 9

Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.

Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.

Samuel Johnson (1836). “Johnsoniana: Or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr. Johnson”, p.198

This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops.

Pope John Paul II (2003). “Go in Peace: A Gift of Enduring Love”, p.47, Loyola Press

If you still have to ask, shame on you

When asked what jazz is, in Max Jones et al. 'Salute to Satchmo' (1970) p. 25 (sometimes quoted as 'Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know').

Love isn't decent. Love is glorious and shameless.

Elizabeth Von Arnim, Elizabeth (1995). “Love”

The worst thing about poverty is not the actual living of it, but the shame of it.

"‘Unlikely Fame’: When Poor People Make It Big" By Arthur Delaney, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 25, 2014.

In my opinion it's a shame that there is so much work in the world.

"William Faulkner, The Art of Fiction No. 12". Interview with Jean Stein, www.theparisreview.org. 1956.

Shame isn't a strong enough word for what I feel. "You could live a hundred lifetimes and not deserve him, you know," Haymitch says.

Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.178, Scholastic Inc.

When we respect the nude, we will no longer have any shame about it.

Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

I count him lost, who is lost to shame.

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 702, Bacchides, III. 3. 80, 1922.