“Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn”
Sophocles
“A man who has depths in his shame meets his destiny and his delicate decisions upon paths which few ever reach . . . .”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.”
Italian Proverb
“A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.”
Jonathan Swift
“It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.”
William Faulkner
“To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame”
Thomas Hobbes
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