Quotes About Shame

La honte n'a pas pour fondement une faute que nous aurions commise, mais l'humiliation que nous éprouvons à être ce que nous sommes sans l'avoir choisi, et la sensation insupportable que cette humiliation est visible de partout.

What people keep secret is the most common, the most ordinary, the most prevalent thing, the same thing everybody has: the body and its needs, its maladies, its manias - constipation, for instance, or menstruation. We ashamedly conceal these intimate matters not because they are so personal but because, on the contrary, they are so lamentably impersonal.

It is a tragicomic fact that our proper upbringing has become an ally of the secret police. We do not know how to lie. The Tell the truth! imperative drummed into us by our mamas and papas functions so automatically that we feel ashamed of lying even to a secret policeman during an interrogation. It is simpler for us to argue with him or insult him (which makes no sense whatever) than to lie to his face (which is the only thing to do).

No hay nada más miserable que tener vergüenza de los propios sentimientos.

The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but that this humiliation is seen by everyone.

Her guilty conscience was as vague as original sin.

It was not an easy task: her soul - her sad, timid, self-effacing soul - lay concealed in the depths of her bowels and was ashamed to show itself.

mám v sobÄ› dobÃ…â"¢e fungující pojistku studu, která mi brání, abych se pÃ…â"¢íliÅ¡ otvíral pÃ…â"¢ed lidmi, abych prohlaÅ¡oval pÃ…â"¢ed druhými své city

Cada vez que se metía en la cama con su esposa pensaba en que su amante se lo imaginaba metiéndose en la cama junto a su esposa. Cada vez que pensaba aquello, sentía vergüenza y precisamente por eso pretendía distanciar lo más posible en el espacio la cama en la que dormía con la esposa de la cama en la que hacía el amor con la amante

O seu impudor ostensivo vinha-lhes justamente da certeza de não disporem de qualquer poder de sedução. Estavam cheias de rancor pela juventude das mulheres e desejavam expor os seus corpos sexualmente utilizáveis para caluniarem e ridicularizarem a nudez feminina.

Teresa se avergonzó desde su infancia de que la madre hubiera ocupado los rasgos de su cara y confiscado su yo. Pero lo peor era que el antiguo imperativo ¡ama a tu padre y tu madre! La obligaba a estar de acuerdo con aquella ocupación y a llamar aquella agresión amor

Sebagai remaja, dulu, memang betul ia sering tersipu-sipu; ketika itu dia sedang di titik berangkat perjalanan fisiologis perempuan, dan tubuhnya sedang berubah menjadi benda yang membebaninya dan membuatnya malu. Sebagai orang dewasa, dia sudah lupa caranya tersipu-sipu. Kemudian hembusan panas mengabarkan padanya akhir perjalanan itu, dan sekali lagi dia malu akan tubuhnya. Dalam suasana rasa malu yang tergugah kembali, dia pun belajar lagi cara tersipu-sipu.

SavaÅŸ ve kültür Avrupa'n?n iki kutbudur, cennet ve cehennemi, zaferi ve utanc?d?r, ama onlar? birbirinden ay?ramazs?n. Birine bir ÅŸey olduÄŸunda ötekine de olacakt?r, birlikte yok olacaklard?r. Elli y?ld?r Avrupa'da savaÅŸ olmamas?, elli y?ld?r hiçbir Picasso'nun ç?kmamas? olgusuyla gizemli biçimde ilintilidir.

MoglibyÅ›my nazwa? zawrót gÅ'owy upojeniem sÅ'aboÅ›ciÄ…. CzÅ'owiek uÅ›wiadamia sobie swÄ… sÅ'abo?? i nie chce siÄ™ przed niÄ… broni?; pragnie jej siÄ™ podda?. Jest pijany sÅ'aboÅ›ciÄ…, chce by? jeszcze sÅ'abszy, chce upa?? poÅ›rodku placu, na oczach wszystkich, chce by? na dnie, jeszcze ni?ej ni? na dnie.

I am interested in the loneliness and isolation that we can feel when we hide feelings we are ashamed of, especially if they concern people that we love.

Love, to her ear, was but a name, Combin'd with vanity and shame; Her hopes, her fears, her joys, were all Bounded within the cloister wall.

Within my heart is lurking suspicion, and base fear, and shame and hate; but above all, tyrannous love sits throned, crowned with her graces, silent and in tears.

We each die countless little deaths on our way to the last. We die out of shame as humiliation. We perish from despair. And, of course, we die for love.

There are few people who would not be ashamed of being loved when they love no longer.

I kept you so well, buried beneath the darkest shame and stilled with filthy lies. Perhaps I should have dug deeper.

compunction

I'll not have my grandson subjected to the humiliation of his reading becoming public. We have to cope with this disgrace discreetly -- Grandma Ruth

What was one more skeleton in an already crowded closet?

Oh come on, don't look that way. You have nothing to be ashamed of." "I'm not," she says, trying to act casual. "I just want to know if you're disappointed in me for admitting this." How could she ever understand that there isn't any way I could be disappointed since I no longer find anything worth looking forward to? "You don't know much about me, do you?" I ask teasingly.