SHAME QUOTES V

quotations about shame

Shame is more the bedrock of trauma.

RICK GOODWIN

"No room left for hate", St. Catharines Standard, September 8, 2017


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

Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Pride gets into the Coach, and Shame mounts behind.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Poor Richard's Almanack, 1758

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If we had the courage to confront the doubts we timidly conceive about ourselves, none of us would utter an 'I' without shame.

EMIL CIORAN

A Short History of Decay

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