Repentance for shameful behavior is life-saving. [Ancient Greece] Democritus: "Fragments of Works"

Only a heartfelt sense of shame and a fear of not wanting to do evil to others can be a real restraint. [English] Locke: "Educational Essays"

No matter what kind of punishment a child has received, it is of no benefit if the shame of doing something wrong is not greater than the fear of pain. [English] Locke: "Educational Essays"

Shyness is the emotion of fear or fear of shame, which can prevent people from committing certain despicable acts. [Holland] Spinoza: "Ethics"

Beasts do not know shame. It is only in the human stage that shame appears in nature. [Bulgaria] Ryurikov: "On Love"

One cannot be shameless. Shameless, shameless! [Middle] Mencius: "Mencius: Give Your Heart to Your Heart"

The nature of the people is to seek food when they are hungry, to seek nothing when they are tired, to seek happiness when suffering, and to seek glory when humiliated. [Middle] "Shang Jun Shu? Calculation of the Land"

If you see that it is desirable, you will not care about what is hateful. If you see that it is really beneficial, you will not care about what is harmful. Therefore, if you move, you will be trapped, and if you act, you will be humiliated. This is the danger of partial injury. 〔中〕Xun Kuang: "Xunzi? Bugou Pian"

There is no disease greater than not having heard of it, and no humiliation greater than shamelessness. [Chinese] Wang Tong: "Wen Zhongzi"

As for people who are not shy or who are not shy at all, they can be called shameless. [Ancient Greece] Aristotle: "Ethics"

It is shameful to rashly interfere in other people's affairs while neglecting one's own affairs. [Ancient Greece] Socrates: "Selected Readings from Original Works of Western Philosophy"

There is no act more shameless than confusing right and wrong. [Ancient Rome] Cicero: "On Public Offices"

A gentleman is ashamed of his words rather than his deeds. [Middle] "The Analects of Confucius? Xianwen"

If you are ashamed, you will not believe it; if you are not ashamed, you will not believe it. [Chinese] Xun Kuang: "Xunzi? Not the Twelve Sons"

Those who follow righteousness first and profit later will be honored; those who first benefit first and then righteousness will be disgraced. 〔中〕Xun Kuang: "Xunzi? Honor and Disgrace"

To see an insult but not fight is a disgrace. [Middle] "Gongsun Longzi? Jifu"

Those who have no virtue but look forward to their good fortune will make an appointment, and those who have no merit and receive their salary will be humiliated. [Middle] "Warring States Policy? Qi Policy"

It is a shame for a gentleman to be alone in wealth and wealth. 〔中〕"Confucius Yu Jiayu? Disciples' Practice"

The responsibility of honor and disgrace depends on oneself and not on others. [Middle] Wei Zheng: "The Essentials of Gathering Books? Han Zi Da Di"

It is shameful to gain wealth without virtue. [Middle] Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi: "Er Cheng Cui Yan? On Tao"

If there is true virtue but no position, a gentleman is content with it; if there is a position but no merit, a gentleman is ashamed of it. 〔中〕Hu Hong: "The Words of Beard"

It is easy to learn but difficult to learn well; it is easy to practice but difficult to practice; it is easy to be ashamed but difficult to understand. 〔中〕Wang Fuzhi: "Qi Jie"

If you are not honest, you will take everything; if you are not shameful, you will do everything. [Middle] Gu Yanwu: "Rizhilu"

If you persuade others with loyalty and righteousness, but if you remain content with yourself, your soul will still be ashamed. [Chinese] Liang Qichao: "The Third Letter to Cai Songpo"

Submission in front of authority is a shame. [Middle] Zhang Wentian: "Critical Biography of Kolulenko"

Shame plays the strongest role when we are the youngest. [English] Samuel Johnson: "Notes on Shakespeare"

Whether it is awe or shame, they are all emotions caused by contact with people higher than oneself. [Japan] Tang Mujunzo: "The Feeling of Awe"

The honor and disgrace in life are just like lamps in the wind and rain, which flicker and fade. [Chinese] Su Yunxue: "The Scientist Who Passed the Execution Ground"

A person who has done something shameful should first feel ashamed of himself. [Ancient Greece] Socrates: "Selected Readings from Original Works of Western Philosophy"

I am never surprised by people's evil, but I am often surprised by their shamelessness. [English] Swift: "Miscellaneous Thoughts"

Those who flatter others with their words do so only because they want others to please them, but they do not realize that others despise themselves. Those who praise themselves with their words do so only because they want others to envy them. But you don’t know how others laugh at yourself. Being light and smiling is not a big insult. [Middle] Li Xing: "Xi Ceng Wai Ji Yao Yan"

Shame is a sign of weakness. [India] Rabindranath Tagore: "Gola"

It is better to die with honor than to live in shame. [Persia] Saadi: "Rose Garden"

No matter how arrogant a person is, as long as he has a noble heart, he will show a natural expression of shame in some small places.

[Japan] Haruo Sato: "Rebirth"