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Quote by Milan Kundera
The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the i

The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are without any choice in the matter, and that this humiliation is seen by everyone. – Milan Kundera

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He took over anger to intimidate subordinates, and in time anger took over him. – Milan Kundera

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Ah, the joy of suckling! She lovingly watched the fishlike motions of the toothless mouth and she imagined that with her milk there flowed into her little son her deepest thoughts, concepts, and dreams. – Milan Kundera

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He scratched his ear, the infallible resource to which embarrassed people have recourse. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty. – St. Gregory The Great

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Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame. – John Lyly

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An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent. – Edmund Burke

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