#shame

A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibility and four centuries of humiliation. But when the wind dropped people saw it had been only a little breeze, friendly, almost gentle. ↗

— Jean Genet

#away #been #breeze #carrying #centuries

Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself. ↗

— John Gielgud

#exhibiting #forget #glory #half #shame

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres. ↗

— John Dryden

#breaking #down #perseveres #shame #spirit

There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions are born and die. ↗

— William Harvey

#born #charm #die #eagles #fly

False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth. ↗

— Hesiod

#confidence #either #false #greatly #harms

The need for raising the awareness of this shameful chapter in U.S. history is more apparent than ever. ↗

— Michael M. Honda

#awareness #chapter #ever #history #more

Just as verbally and physically abused children internalize blame, so do incest victims. However, in incest, the blame is compounded by the shame. The belief that ‘it’s all my fault’ is never more intense than with the incest victim. This belief fosters strong feelings of self-loathing and shame. In addition to having somehow to cope with the actual incest, the victim must now guard against being caught and exposed as a ‘dirty, disgusting’ person ↗

— Susan Forward

#belief #children #depression #family #fearful

Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife. ↗

— Johannes Kepler

#daughter #feel #her #i #i feel

I pick my nose and I'm not ashamed to admit it. If there's a bogey then just pick it, man. ↗

— Justin Timberlake

#ashamed #bogey #i #just #man

Those who cultivate moral confusion for profit should understand this: we will name their names and shame them as they deserve to be shamed. ↗

— Bob Dole

#cultivate #deserve #moral #name #names