#shame

The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it. ↗

— John Owen

#course #custom #sense #shame #sinning

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth. ↗

— Phaedrus

#believed #detected #even #ever #ever after

In various European countries, it is increasingly common for young men to live with their parents into their 30s and even longer. Why not? In the welfare state, there is no shame in doing so. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#countries #doing #european #european countries #even

Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures. ↗

— Thomas de Quincey

#amongst #ashamed #breathing #cows #creatures

There's no shame in enjoying a quiet life. And that's been the realization of the past few years for me. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#enjoying #few #life #me #past

I've never been a hands-on dad. I'm not ashamed to admit it, but you can't run a restaurant and be home for tea at 4:30 and bath and change nappies. ↗

— Gordon Ramsay

#ashamed #bath #been #change #dad

Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#child #effectual #fitter #generally #more

I have family in Ponce. It's a shame that my grandfather passed and I wasn't able to be there with him. ↗

— Lloyd Banks

#family #grandfather #him #i #passed

This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful. ↗

— Pierce Brosnan

#answer #been #bush #called #care

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#decent #decent man #every #government #lives