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The charm of knowledge would be small if so much shame did not have to be overcome on the way to it.

—Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
Category: WisdomMood: ReflectiveTags: #knowledge #shame #courage #discovery
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Whom do you call bad? Him who always wants to put to shame.

—Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
Category: WisdomMood: ReflectiveTags: #shame #kindness #decency #morality
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What is the seal of liberation? No longer being ashamed in front of oneself.

—Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
Category: WisdomMood: SereneTags: #liberation #shame #freedom #self-acceptance
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We would often be ashamed of our best actions if the world only saw all the motives which produced them.

—François de La Rochefoucauld, Moral Maxims and Reflections (Maximes, 1665)
Category: PsychologyMood: ReflectiveTags: #motives #actions #vanity #shame
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Moderation in good fortune is only apprehension of the shame that attends upon intoxication with success.

—François de La Rochefoucauld, Moral Maxims and Reflections (Maximes, 1665)
Category: PsychologyMood: ReflectiveTags: #moderation #success #shame #hubris
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There are few people who are not ashamed of having loved each other when they love no longer.

—François de La Rochefoucauld, Moral Maxims and Reflections (Maximes, 1665)
Category: PsychologyMood: MelancholicTags: #love #regret #transience #shame
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Sensitivity to shame when doing wrong is the hallmark of human dignity. (Kural 1015)

—Thiruvalluvar, Works of Thiruvalluvar
Category: Philosophy & WisdomMood: ReflectiveTags: #thiruvalluvar #sensitivity #shame #wisdom #ethics #truth
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If you lead people with laws and unify them with punishments, they will try to avoid penalties and have no sense of shame.

—Confucius, The Analects, Book II, Chapter 3
Category: Leadership & SovereigntyMood: PhilosophicalTags: #confucius #governance #moral-leadership #shame #integrity
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