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“I will say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that is more than I can say for prosperity.”

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Cartoonist Kin Hubbard, born on September 1, 1868, and died on December 26, 1930. Hubbard was renowned for his humorous illustrations and satirical cartoons, which held a significant place in American culture during the early 20th century. more

“See! those fiendish lineaments graven on the darkness, the writhed lip of scorn, the mockery of that living eye, the pointed finger, touching the sore place in your heart! Do you remember any act of enormous folly, at which you would blush, even in the remotest cavern of the earth? Then recognize your Shame.”

Heart Eye Earth Remember Darkness Shame Fingers Lips Enormous Folly Touching Scorn Mockery Caverns

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Illustrated)

“The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.”

Should Deserve Praise Shame Arise

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our naked skins.”

Real Opinion Skins Shame Income Naked Atmosphere Ashamed Accents

Author:George Bernard Shaw

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