Quotations, Proverbs & Sayings

«There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.»

«There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out.»

«Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.»

«Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats; neither fear nor shame can cure them»

«It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.»

«But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! / And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines; / In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.»

«Take this remark from Richard poor and lame, Whate'er's begun in anger ends in shame»

«And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.»

«A man who has depths in his shame meets his destiny and his delicate decisions upon paths which few ever reach . . . .»

«The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.»