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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People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because theyre going deaf, it has to be played louder still. – Milan Kundera

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A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novels only morality. – Milan Kundera

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A worker may be the hammers master, but the hammer still prevails. A tool knows exactly how it is meant to be handled, while the user of the tool can only have an approximate idea. – Milan Kundera

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Shame is worse than death. – Proverb

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We never forgive those who make us blush. – Jean-Francois De La Harpe

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It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all. – Moli

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History is made in the class struggle and not in bed. – Alex Mitchell

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The truth sets you free. Its a very liberating thing, when you say this is who I am warts and all and then you can just get on with life. Its amazing. – Geri Halliwell

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Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it. – Hermann Hesse

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Show me a guy whos afraid to look bad, and Ill show you a guy you can beat every time. – Lou Brock

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Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you. – Oliver Herford