He scratched his ear, the infallible resource to which embarrassed people have recourse. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron Category: Shame
What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always for being afraid. – Robin G. Collingwood Category: Shame
In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief. – Lord Chesterfield Category: Shame
A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise. – John Henry Newman Category: Wisdom
