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:

    “A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 12:4.

    “I can teach thee, coz, to shame the devil
    By telling truth: tell truth and shame the devil.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved.”
    —Jacob Bronowski (1908–1974)