Shame

Shame

Shame is, variously, an affect, emotion, cognition, state, or condition. The roots of the word shame are thought to derive from an older word meaning "to cover"; as such, covering oneself, literally or figuratively, is a natural expression of shame.

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Famous quotes containing the word shame:

    “The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.”
    —Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)

    “Let us together closely lie, and kisse,
    There is no labour, nor no shame in this;
    This hath pleas’d, doth please, and long will please; never
    Can this decay, but is beginning ever.”
    —Petronius Arbiter (d.A.D. 66)