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In a country well governed, poverty is something to be...

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

Quote by Confucius about poverty, country, wealth

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be...

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes

Quote by Confucius about philosophy, criminals

Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is...

Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is not true.

Quote by Richard Bach about world

Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no one was really poor, at least no one worth speaking of.

Quote by Douglas Adams about wealth, man, nothing

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do...

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I...

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I'm...

I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I'm not ashamed of anything.

Quote by Eminem

I was more ashamed that I couldn't work the washing...

I was more ashamed that I couldn't work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs.

Quote by Elton John about drugs, work

To - I wasn't ashamed about going in and talking about my...

To - I wasn't ashamed about going in and talking about my drug addiction.

Quote by Elton John about talking

Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're...

Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest.

Quote by William Faulkner about people

I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of...

I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.

Quote by Sidonie - Gabrielle Colette about attitude, present, past, love

Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real...

Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The shame is true of man.

Quote by Jean Genet about shame, criminals, history, real estate, man, people

That lake was a tear of Earth. Earth had cried, who knew when, a long time ago, and it felt ashamed, and it had hidden there one of tears. The beauty of unseen stone, 1965

Quote by Leonida Lari Iorga about tears, earth, beauty, time

That lake was a tear of the Earth. The Earth had cried, God knows when, a long, long time ago, and it was ashamed of this, and it had hidden here one of its tears. RightWords translation

Quote by Leonida Neamtu about literature, earth, tears, beauty, god, time

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