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“A fellow by the hand of nature mark'd, Quoted, and sign'd, to do a deed of shame.”

Hands Mark Shame Fellows Deeds Villainy

Book:Select plays from Shakspeare; adapted for the use of schools and young persons: with notes from the best commentators. [6 plays

Source: Select plays from Shakspeare; adapted for the use of schools and young persons: with notes from the best commentators. [6 plays

“There are various methods by which you may achieve ignominy and shame. By murdering a large and respected family in cold blood and afterward depositing their bodies in the water companies' reservoir, you will gain much unpopularity in the neighborhood of your crime, and even robbing a church will get you cordially disliked, especially by the vicar. But if you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human creature can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it.”

Source: Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

“Have charity; have patience; have mercy. Never bring a human being, however silly, ignorant, or weak--above all, any little child--to shame and confusion of face. Never by petulance, by suspicion, by ridicule, even by selfish and silly haste--never, above all, by indulging in the devilish pleasure of a sneer--crush what is finest and rouse up what is coarsest in the heart of any fellow-creature.”

Source: Daily Thoughts (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition)

“You go to conferences, and your fellow African intellectuals - and even heads of state - they all say: 'Nigeria is a big disappointment. It is the shame of the African continent.'”

States Bigs Shame Fellows Disappointment Continents Conferences Nigeria Head Of State African Continent

Author:Wole Soyinka

“The many-headed multitude, whom inconstancy only doth by accident guide to well-doing! Who can set confidence there, where company takes away shame, and each may lay the fault upon his fellow?”

Wells May Company Shame Fellows Lays Faults Accidents Guides Multitudes Inconstancy

Book:Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks

Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks

“What is a novel if not a conviction of our fellow men's existence strong enough to take upon itself a form of imagined life clearer than reality and whose accumulated verisimilitude of selected episodes puts to shame the pride of documentary history.”

Ifs Men Enough Reality Form Strong Existence History Novel Pride Shame Fellows Conviction Episodes Documentaries Fellow Man Strong Enough Selected

Book:The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad

Source: The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad

“I've borne the shame of mother while you bought her off with a present and a treat here and there. God knows how hard I tried to civilize her so as not to have to blush with shame when I take her anywhere. I dressed her in the most stylish Paris models, but Delancey Street sticks out from every inch of her. Whenever she opens her mouth, I'm done for. You fellows had your chance to rise in the world because a man is free to go up as high as he can reach up to; but I, with all my style and pep, can't get a man my equal because a girl is always judged by her mother.”

Source: Hungry Hearts: Stories of the Jewish-American Immigrant Experience

“My fellow players are sometimes occupying the spaces I want to play in. That forces me to adjust my runs, based on the position of my fellow players. Unfortunately, they're often playing in my zones. I think that's a shame”

Thinking Want Sometimes Play Running Force Space Player Position Football Shame Fellows League Zone

Author:Robin van Persie

“Every man has a right over his own life and war destroys lives that were full of promise; it forces the individual into situations that shame his manhood, obliging him to murder fellow men, against his will.”

Men War Individual Force Situation Promise Murder Shame Fellows Every Man Manhood Fellow Man

Book:Civilisation, War and Death

Source: Civilisation, War and Death

“Oh Lord, give us a sense of humor with courage to manifest it forth, so that we may laugh to shame the pomps, the vanities, the sense of self-importance of the Big Fellows that the world sometimes sends among us, and who try to take our peace away.”

World Giving Trying May Self Sometimes Humor Bigs Lord Laughing Importance Shame Fellows Vanity Sense Of Humor Manifest Sense Of Self Self-importance

Author:Sean O'Casey