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“It is no shame to lose to me, mortal. Even among mythical creatures there are very few who can give a unicorn a good game.”

Giving Games Loses Creatures Shame Mortals Unicorn Mythical Creatures

Book:Unicorn Variations

Source: Unicorn Variations

“Even the eternal skies weep, I thought; is there any shame then, that mortal man should spend himself in tears?”

Men Should Grief Sky Tears Eternal Rain Shame Mortals

Book:The Last Man

Source: The Last Man

“The most miserable mortals are they that deliver themselves up to their palates, or to their lusts; the pleasure is short, and turns presently nauseous, and the end of it is either shame or repentance.”

Ends Turns Pleasure Shame Lust Mortals Miserable Repentance Palate

Author:Seneca the Younger

“A prison! heav'ns, I loath the hated name, Famine's metropolis, the sink of shame, A nauseous sepulchre, whose craving womb Hourly inters poor mortals in its tomb; By ev'ry plague and ev'ry ill possess'd, Ev'n purgatory itself to thee 's a jest.”

Names Poor Shame Prison Ill Mortals Thee Hated Craving Womb Plague Tombs Famine Jest Purgatory Metropolis

Author:Tom Brown, Jr.

“The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.”

Eye Names Known Glory Increase Shame Mortals

Author:Jean Racine

“Instead of friends, I see in Washington only mortal enemies. Instead of loving the old flag of the stars and stripes, I see in it only the symbol of murder, plunder, oppression, and shame.”

Stars Enemy Murder Shame Oppression Symbols Mortals Civil War Flags Spy Banner Stripes Plunder Confederate American Flag Mortal Enemies

Book:My Imprisonment and the First Year of Abolition Rule at Washington

Source: My Imprisonment and the First Year of Abolition Rule at Washington