Honor
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7.Shame, disgrace and the fear of dishonor
7a.Shame as a restraint on wrongdoing
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 290–291Eurymachus fears the shame before men unborn if they cannot bend the bow that Odysseus bent.read · scan
- p. 330–331Eupeithes fears lasting shame and scorn among men unborn if they do not avenge their kin.read · scan
Confucius, The Sayings of ConfuciusVol. 44
- p. 41If advice to a friend fails, stop rather than court shame.read · scan
- p. 43–44A good servant of the crown has a sense of shame and does not disgrace the king's commands.read · scan
- p. 44–45Taking pay in a wrong-ruled state is shame.read · scan
- p. 64Keeping within the bounds of honour allows freedom in propriety.read · scan
Buddhist WritingsVol. 45
- p. 758–759Fear of public fault-finding and of dishonor for improper conduct governs each figure's bearing.read · scan
Marcus Tullius Cicero, On FriendshipVol. 9
- p. 29–30Concessions to friends must not cost extreme disgrace; one's reputation among fellow-citizens still matters.read · scan
- p. 35Discredit from a friend's vicious conduct may force a breach, and it is disgraceful to be openly at war with a former intimate.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 325Sense of honest shame and grief mixed with anger re-inflames the Arcadians.read · scan
Epictetus, The Golden Sayings of EpictetusVol. 2
- p. 124–125Loss of shame and modesty is a corruption we misname strength.read · scan
Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations of Marcus AureliusVol. 2
- p. 290Concern for reputation is a mean motive for abstaining from faults.read · scan
BeowulfVol. 49
- p. 74–76Leaving the king to struggle alone would be shame on the law of the land.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 345The Moor tells the boy his idleness is a shame and reproach.read · scan
Songs from the Elder EddaVol. 49
- p. 418–421She shames her sons by comparing them unfavorably to Gunnar and Hogni.read · scan
- p. 424–426She taunts sons as unlike Gunnar and Hogni, spurring vengeance.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, PurgatoryVol. 20
- p. 268Shame weighs upon Dante's forehead when he sees himself in the stream.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, ParadiseVol. 20
- p. 399Beatrice blushes with shame at others' fault like an unblemished lady; heaven eclipsed in shame.read · scan
Jean Froissart, The Chronicles of FroissartVol. 35
- p. 93The bishop feels shame at being safe in town while Englishmen are in the field, and rouses his men.read · scan
- p. 96Bishop says they will bear great blame if they return without confronting the enemy.read · scan
Sir Thomas Malory, The Holy GrailVol. 35
- p. 134Percivale wishes to fight Galahad because he still feels shame.read · scan
- p. 140–142He is warned that if overcome in the coming battle he will be shamed forever to the world's end.read · scan
- p. 161–163Those who fail the quest will gain only shame.read · scan
- p. 184The bearer is promised he will never be shamed while girt with the girdle.read · scan
Sir Thomas More, UtopiaVol. 36
- p. 215Shame and reproach bind soldiers to stand firm.read · scan
William Roper, The Life of Sir Thomas MoreVol. 36
- p. 114The Lords warn that defeat would bring the King's dishonour throughout Christendom.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 207The Pope fears public disgrace and seeks to kill Cellini without injury to his own credit.read · scan
- p. 231The lady's eloquent plea before the cardinals wakes the Pope to shame, and he says he bore no ill-will.read · scan
William Harrison, A Description of Elizabethan EnglandVol. 35
- p. 374Author fears being a shame to his universities, whom he feels indebted to.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkVol. 46
- p. 111Reputation among nations suffers from the revelry; a single fault stains a noble man's name.read · scan
- p. 203–204Hamlet accepts the wager, saying he will gain nothing but his shame if he loses.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King LearVol. 46
- p. 286Burning shame at his own unkindness keeps Lear from seeing Cordelia.read · scan
Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Philaster, or Love Lies A-BleedingVol. 47
- p. 744Philaster fears losing life and fame at once by betraying his preserverread · scan
Thomas Hobbes, Of Man, Being the First Part of LeviathanVol. 34
- p. 342–343Shame in the young signals love of good reputation; vain-glory feigns abilities; impudence is contempt of reputation.read · scan
- p. 354–355Maidens' hanging cured by threat of public naked exposure, since they still cared for honour.read · scan
Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Life Is a DreamVol. 26
- p. 23The king fears shame and remorse as father and judge if his withholding of the son's right proves wrong.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 90Satan taunts them that abject posture shames former glory and virtue.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 119–120Hopeful urges patience to avoid the shame unbecoming a Christian.read · scan
John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning EducationVol. 37
- p. 60Shame of doing amiss and disgrace is the only true restraint belonging to virtue.read · scan
Jean Racine, PhaedraVol. 26
- p. 163–164She admits she has blazoned her shame and overstepped modesty.read · scan
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Profession of Faith of a Savoyard VicarVol. 34
- p. 232Shame and contempt depressed the youth's ambition and pride.read · scan
Immanuel Kant, Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of MoralsVol. 32
- p. 328–330Fear of disgrace may secretly influence the will.read · scan
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in FranceVol. 24
- p. 250–251Shame restrains even tyrants; while shame keeps watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished.read · scan
- p. 252The despot, free from conscience, is slave to fame and fears the name of ill more than the deed.read · scan
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm, or The Soldier's FortuneVol. 26
- p. 311–313Werner rejects ambushing the landlord in the dark and burning his house, saying it would be shameful.read · scan
- p. 327Tellheim resolves never to do a mean action or lead Minna into an imprudent one, and tears himself away.read · scan
- p. 342–343Tellheim fears becoming contemptible in Minna's eyes and his own; Werner cites the Major's saying about seducers.read · scan
Thomas Babington Macaulay, MachiavelliVol. 27
- p. 378–379Loss of reputation leads offenders to fling away the remains of virtue in despair.read · scan
Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the BeagleVol. 29
- p. 448Convicts seem to have no sense of shame.read · scan
7b.Shame before peers and false shame
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 250Penelope warns that mistreating the stranger will bring Telemachus shame and disgrace among men.read · scan
- p. 292Eurymachus fears reproach if a beggar strings the bow, while Penelope says fame cannot belong to those who devour a prince's house.read · scan
Aesop, FablesVol. 17
- p. 37The tailless fox, ashamed, urges all foxes to cut off their tails to hide his disgrace.read · scan
Plato, CritoVol. 2
- p. 32–33Crito fears the disgrace of seeming to value money over a friend's life.read · scan
- p. 33Crito is ashamed of the disgrace that will fall on Socrates and his friends.read · scan
Buddhist WritingsVol. 45
- p. 724–725The five priests at first plan to snub him as a luxurious backslider, yet cannot keep to it.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 178Mnestheus urges his crew to avoid the disgrace of finishing last, appealing to their courage and shared interest.read · scan
- p. 305Youths sent to arms to purchase early fame; Numanus taunts Trojans with shame.read · scan
- p. 325Pallas invokes his father's name and his own promised fame to shame his men from flight.read · scan
- p. 381Tarchon appeals to shame and the perpetual brand on the Etrurian name to restore his men.read · scan
Luke, The Gospel According to LukeVol. 44
- p. 378Shame at Jesus' words will be answered by his shame at the person in glory.read · scan
Plutarch, AlcibiadesVol. 12
- p. 133–135Alcibiades's soldiers, proud and invincible, disdain Thrasyllus's beaten men, who are shamed by the Ephesian trophy.read · scan
Plutarch, CaesarVol. 12
- p. 300–301Young cavalrymen fear disfigurement more than shame, and flee shamefully.read · scan
Plutarch, AntonyVol. 12
- p. 349Romans feel shame at the honors paid to Cleopatra.read · scan
- p. 361–362Romans offended that ancestral honors and observances were handed to Egyptians for Cleopatra's sake in Artavasdes' triumph.read · scan
Epictetus, The Golden Sayings of EpictetusVol. 2
- p. 158Presuming to a station beyond one's worth brings shame before witnesses.read · scan
Tacitus, GermanyVol. 33
- p. 108Tribes covet descent from Germans or boast Roman colony status, while the Ubians are ashamed of their origin.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 24Ashamed among peers to be less shameless, he boasted of sins he had not committed to avoid contempt.read · scan
- p. 29–30Peer pressure and shame: 'Let's go, let's do it' leaves one ashamed not to be shameless.read · scan
- p. 120Victorinus fears offending proud friends, then is ashamed of shame toward the truth rather than of pagan rites.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 70The father fears disgrace among the Kings if the act becomes known.read · scan
- p. 328–329She is ashamed to return to her kin in this state, fearing they would imagine evil and not believe her.read · scan
The Voyages to VinlandVol. 43
- p. 6Eric held in highest esteem and paid homage; Biarni's refusal to land brings blame from shipmates.read · scan
- p. 6–8Biarni is reproached as lacking enterprise for bringing no report of the lands he saw.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, HellVol. 20
- p. 98Fucci is more grieved by shame at being seen in his plight than by death.read · scan
- p. 106Dante feels shame that Florentines are found among plunderers in hell, bringing no honor to the city.read · scan
Jean Froissart, The Chronicles of FroissartVol. 35
- p. 35–36None dared stay at home lest be shamed for ever.read · scan
Traditional BalladsVol. 40
- p. 118–120Braikley's wife says a real husband would not lie abed while cattle are taken.read · scan
- p. 127–129Bewick is said to have won the victory; the fathers fear the town will say they were to blame.read · scan
- p. 131–133The knight's shame at having nothing in his coffers to offer.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 147Cellini appeals to men of courage and honest men, and the soldier is shamed into retreat.read · scan
William Harrison, A Description of Elizabethan EnglandVol. 35
- p. 277–278Being cupshotten counted as disgrace; commoners compare their cheer to the Lord Mayor's dignityread · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 262She hides her tears from her parents to avoid revealing her discontent and disgrace.read · scan
- p. 297–298Quixote is ashamed at Andrew's tale of failed rescue.read · scan
- p. 319He fears exposing his defect to a stranger would endanger his reputation.read · scan
- p. 323Lothario is shamed at being found in a lie, a blemish on his reputation.read · scan
- p. 426Captive fears his brother may be ashamed to own him in poverty.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King LearVol. 46
- p. 215–216Gloucester blushes to acknowledge his bastard son.read · scan
- p. 225–226Edmund resents the stigma of bastardy and 'base'.read · scan
John Webster, The Duchess of MalfiVol. 47
- p. 759–762The cardinal wishes not to be seen in the spying business.read · scan
- p. 780–781The great are like the base when they seek shameful ways to avoid shame.read · scan
Izaak Walton, The Life of Dr. John DonneVol. 15
- p. 328Lord refuses to readmit Donne as inconsistent with his place and credit; men shrink from visibly acknowledging errors.read · scan
Pierre Corneille, PolyeucteVol. 26
- p. 84Pauline fears shame and failure if she reveals her heart to Severus.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 88–90Satan refuses to bow, deeming it ignominy and shame; glory not to be extorted.read · scan
- p. 155Dread of shame among his followers keeps him from submission.read · scan
Molière, Tartuffe, or The HypocriteVol. 26
- p. 237–239Valere says pride demands forgetting a woman who scorns him; being a scorned lover still in love is baseness.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 74The only shame is to feel no trouble at lacking light.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 20Pliable's neighbors call him wise or fool and mock his cowardice; he sits sneaking in shame.read · scan
- p. 76Appeals to fear of ridicule and loss of standing among the great and the wise.read · scan
- p. 154–155Pride makes religion seem low and contemptible; shame keeps them from it.read · scan
John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning EducationVol. 37
- p. 121Blemishes exposed by raillery bring shame; nobody bears being slighted.read · scan
Jean Racine, PhaedraVol. 26
- p. 180–181Shame chokes her voice and keeps her from confessing the truth.read · scan
Voltaire, Letters on the EnglishVol. 34
- p. 77–78Children ashamed of being Quakers desire honours and fashion.read · scan
Benjamin Franklin, His AutobiographyVol. 1
- p. 43Ralph is ashamed of humble schoolmastering and takes Franklin's name to hide it.read · scan
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Profession of Faith of a Savoyard VicarVol. 34
- p. 235Author avows youthful irregularities despite shame, out of gratitude.read · scan
Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsVol. 10
- p. 276Public censure makes reforming profuse living hard, while changing durable expense implies no imprudence.read · scan
- p. 516–517Laborers would be ashamed to appear without linen shirts or shoes; lacking them signals disgraceful poverty.read · scan
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm, or The Soldier's FortuneVol. 26
- p. 309–310Tellheim, turned out of his lodging, is more affected by the stranger's courtesy than by the host's churlishness.read · scan
- p. 336–337Tellheim's pride will not let him accept help or seem richer than he is; Werner is ashamed of lying.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hermann and DorotheaVol. 19
- p. 350–352His pride was wounded by their ridicule and misinterpretation of his goodwill.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 29Renzo asks what the world will say; Don Abbondio tells him to lay the blame on the curate.read · scan
- p. 54He is ashamed of his origins and dreads being despised, seeking social standing and the flattery of his guests.read · scan
- p. 149Shame at revealing her error keeps her from confiding in companions.read · scan
- p. 187–188Rodrigo uses shame and taunts to goad his servant into the errand.read · scan
- p. 291Rodrigo fears ridicule among friends and loss of his reputation if he abandons the enterprise.read · scan
- p. 291–293Rodrigo dreads disgrace of failure and lost reputation for power before public hatred and mockery.read · scan
- p. 406Rodrigo flees rather than face the Cardinal, avoiding public shame before his uncle the Count, who expects a distinguished reception.read · scan
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household TalesVol. 17
- p. 75The women ask that the girl not be ashamed of them and call them aunts at her wedding.read · scan
- p. 100Stepmother says she would be ashamed of Cinderella lacking clothes.read · scan
- p. 144–145She fears being mocked by people from her father's kingdom if seen selling in the market.read · scan
- p. 203They swear silence so as not to be ridiculed as fools for their cowardly mistake.read · scan
Percy Bysshe Shelley, The CenciVol. 18
- p. 337Orsino relies on a false name and new life to flee reputation, treating conscience as a mere word.read · scan
Hans Christian Andersen, TalesVol. 17
- p. 235–236Fear of seeming stupid or unfit for office makes them conceal what they see.read · scan
- p. 236–237The Emperor fears being thought unfit to be Emperor and rewards the rogues with a title.read · scan
- p. 294–295He does not call out for help because he thinks it unfitting in uniform.read · scan
- p. 296–297He is not proud of his travels and refrains from weeping as improper.read · scan
- p. 321–322The Shadow demands secrecy about being the man's shadow, guarding his newly acquired standing.read · scan
Robert Louis Stevenson, Samuel PepysVol. 28
- p. 300–301Concern for appearance and being 'ashamed to be seen in a hackney' over real integrity.read · scan
7c.Public humiliation, ridicule and punishment by disgrace
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 106–107Hephaestus is dishonoured by Aphrodite and made a laughingstock before the gods, while goddesses stay home for shame.read · scan
- p. 253–254Athene lets the wooers heap scorn on Odysseus so the insult sinks deeper into his heart.read · scan
- p. 276–277Eumaeus asks whether the Achaeans honour or dishonour the stranger; the wooers have no shame.read · scan
- p. 277–278Melanthius insults the beggar, while Philoetius sees royal look in him and welcomes him.read · scan
- p. 280–281Athene lets the scorn continue to deepen Odysseus's pain.read · scan
- p. 283The wooers scorn Odysseus as a filthy wanderer and a burden of the earth, shaming Telemachus's guests.read · scan
- p. 285–286Antinous is said to have dishonoured Odysseus, and his hope of stringing the bow is ironic.read · scan
- p. 295Odysseus tells Telemachus his guest does him no shame, and his strength is undiminished despite the suitors' scorn.read · scan
Aesop, FablesVol. 17
- p. 14The Ass's kick adds insult to injury, the double death.read · scan
Aeschylus, The FuriesVol. 8
- p. 126–127She complains her offerings are scorned and that she is dishonoured among the dead.read · scan
- p. 154–155The Furies feel dishonoured and thrust to scorn; Athena replies they are not disgraced and offers a shrine.read · scan
The Book of PsalmsVol. 44
- p. 177Prays not to be put to shame, while enemies are shamed; he is a reproach to neighbors.read · scan
- p. 182Asks that enemies be put to shame and dishonor.read · scan
- p. 182–185Enemies to be clothed with shame and dishonor.read · scan
- p. 196The people suffer dishonor, shame and derision among neighbors and nations.read · scan
- p. 226–229Prays that enemies be put to shame and dishonor.read · scan
- p. 285Reproach from enemies; wish that they be clothed with dishonor.read · scan
- p. 285–288Adversaries put to shame, clothed in dishonor while servant rejoices.read · scan
Plato, The Apology of SocratesVol. 2
- p. 22Begging with tears and children is discreditable to himself and the state; eminent men behaving so are no better than women.read · scan
- p. 22–24Doleful scenes dishonor the reputable and make the city ridiculous.read · scan
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Letters of CiceroVol. 9
- p. 117Gabinius humiliated by popular hatred at his trial for treason; his disgrace is public.read · scan
Plutarch, AlcibiadesVol. 12
- p. 143Tydeus insultingly rebuffs Alcibiades, saying others now command.read · scan
Plutarch, CoriolanusVol. 12
- p. 159Display of scars wins the people's regard but is undone by senatorial pomp.read · scan
Plutarch, CaesarVol. 12
- p. 298–299Pompey stung by taunts of Agamemnon and king of kings, accused of loving command.read · scan
Tacitus, GermanyVol. 33
- p. 95Losing one's shield is the worst disgrace, barring men from sacrifices and assemblies, driving some to suicide; the hundred band becomes a title of honour.read · scan
Pliny the Younger, Letters of PlinyVol. 9
- p. 281A generous mind resents injury coupled with contempt.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 169He fears the disgrace of shaving his beard, yet submits, and is left shamed and stripped in the street.read · scan
- p. 170He is publicly laughed at and shamed.read · scan
- p. 202–203He appeals to his former companions' bounty and is shamed by their refusal to even show their faces.read · scan
- p. 205–207The Wezir is publicly humiliated, covered in mud and blood, and beaten before his memluks.read · scan
- p. 368She fears being cast out in shame and disgrace for presuming to ask for the Sultan's daughter.read · scan
The Voyages to VinlandVol. 43
- p. 17–19Her party is thereafter thought worthy of nothing but evil; Karlsefni is received with favor.read · scan
Sir Thomas More, UtopiaVol. 36
- p. 191Gold ornaments are worn by the infamed as reproach and disgrace.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 37Public triumph shames Lucagnolo; envy and shame overpower avarice.read · scan
- p. 91–92The rivals are shamed and Cellini is commended before the assembled lords.read · scan
- p. 141The Pope blushes with shame before noblemen and denies having ordered the hanging.read · scan
- p. 196Rosso is shamed when his baseness is exposed, and he then secretly works against Cellini's admission to the King.read · scan
- p. 280Nobles insult and affront Cellini; he appeals to the King's favour.read · scan
- p. 370Cellini is publicly insulted before the Duke and answers with a jest that turns the laughter against his rival.read · scan
Ambroise Paré, Journeys in Diverse PlacesVol. 38
- p. 20–21Banishment from court and the King's favour is felt as disgrace so deep the groom dies of it.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 24He professes that knighthood forbids wronging anyone, offering damsels honour and service, and is ashamed at their laughter.read · scan
- p. 178Public shaming by being carried about before the people.read · scan
William Shakespeare, Songs and SonnetsVol. 40
- p. 280–281Poet's name receives a brand from public manners and his profession.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King LearVol. 46
- p. 252Lear sees the stocking of his messenger as shameful outrage against himself, a disrespect to his person.read · scan
- p. 255–258Lear is shamed by the stocking of his servant and the dismissal of his train.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of MacbethVol. 46
- p. 391–392Macbeth refuses to be a public show or to bow to Malcolm and be baited by the rabble's curse.read · scan
Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker's HolidayVol. 47
- p. 523–524Lincoln speaks of guilt and shame to denounce the supposedly masked couple.read · scan
John Milton, AreopagiticaVol. 3
- p. 210Distrusting an unoffending scholar's judgment and honesty degrades him, as one reputed a fool or foreigner in his own commonwealth.read · scan
- p. 210–211Forcing a diligent author to submit his ripest work to a younger, inferior licenser dishonors the author, the book and the dignity of learning.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 216Angels fear that renewed repulse would make them despised and laughed at.read · scan
- p. 300–303Expected applause turns to public scorn and shame in a hiss.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 70–72Pliable, a turncoat, is mocked and despised by all; shame follows abandoning the way.read · scan
John Dryden, All for Love; or, The World Well LostVol. 18
- p. 100–103She refuses to be led in triumph through Rome's streets, a spectacle to the plebeians.read · scan
Benjamin Franklin, His AutobiographyVol. 1
- p. 29–30The brother says he was insulted before his workmen and can never forgive it.read · scan
- p. 52Franklin resents being reproached publicly before neighbors, a slight to his reputation.read · scan
Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to ConquerVol. 18
- p. 248–249Marlow, discovering he mistook Hardcastle's house for an inn, is mortified at being laughed at and made a caricature of.read · scan
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in FranceVol. 24
- p. 204–205Burke says the triumph should bring shame and humiliation on the French nation.read · scan
- p. 330Placed near the executioner, the king cannot respect himself or be respected by others.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hermann and DorotheaVol. 19
- p. 403She protests that mockery of a poor servant on the threshold is ignoble, asserting her dignity.read · scan
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for ScandalVol. 18
- p. 167–169Sir Peter fears public ridicule and ballads if his wife's frailty becomes known; reputation weighs on him.read · scan
- p. 186–187Sir Peter dreads being a standing jest and ridiculed in the papers after the screen scene.read · scan
- p. 187–188Rowley advises Sir Peter to answer public laughter by showing he is happy.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 228–230Public shaming before the Session; David ranked among saints despite his faults.read · scan
Friedrich Schiller, William TellVol. 26
- p. 393–394Bowing to a cap is scorned as disgrace for men of sober sense.read · scan
- p. 436–438Leuthold feels the sentry duty shameful, a pillory that makes honest men despise them.read · scan
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household TalesVol. 17
- p. 145–146She suffers public derision and shame when her pots fall at the ball.read · scan
Hans Christian Andersen, TalesVol. 17
- p. 227The duckling is slighted and shunned by every creature because of its ugliness, longing merely to be endured.read · scan
- p. 233–234The Princess is disgraced for kissing a swineherd and despised by the prince she scorned.read · scan
John Greenleaf Whittier, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1347–1349Mob mocks him as coward, though he stood at Lützen with Gustavus.read · scan
- p. 1357–1358Public shaming and disgrace of the skipper who abandoned a sinking ship and its crew.read · scan
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Two Years Before the MastVol. 23
- p. 125–126The American feels the degradation inflicted by flogging, a disgrace the other man cannot feel.read · scan
7d.The fall from glory to contempt
See also: Love 4a
Confucius, The Sayings of ConfuciusVol. 44
- p. 60–61A man hated at forty will be so to the end.read · scan
The Book of JobVol. 44
- p. 115–117Job laments that once-honored, he is now mocked by base youths who make him a byword and chase his honor away.read · scan
Sophocles, Oedipus the KingVol. 8
- p. 248Once most honoured in Thebes, he now feels unbearable shame before citizens and gods.read · scan
Herodotus, An Account of EgyptVol. 33
- p. 64The Egyptians hate the two kings' memory so much they name the pyramids after a shepherd.read · scan
Euripides, HippolytusVol. 8
- p. 351–353Hippolytus leaves Athens branded a caitiff though none is purer; his shining star cast down.read · scan
Euripides, The BacchaeVol. 8
- p. 430–432Cadmus laments going forth in dishonour, outcast, having lost the protector of his old age.read · scan
Marcus Tullius Cicero, On Old AgeVol. 9
- p. 60Lucius's lust brought personal dishonour and disgrace on the Government.read · scan
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Letters of CiceroVol. 9
- p. 89–90He says virtue, not fault, ruined them, and regrets not dying when he lost his honours.read · scan
- p. 90Laments a dishonoured, humiliated life and lost position, influence and reputation.read · scan
- p. 168Earlier consolers had public honours to assuage grief; he has lost his honours and public standing.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 152For Aeneas she has lost fame and stands exposed to shame and enemies.read · scan
- p. 210Deiphobus is ashamed of his mutilated body; Aeneas gave him a tomb and funeral honors.read · scan
Plutarch, AlcibiadesVol. 12
- p. 141–143Enemies' accusations and Athens' resentment strip him of command; he flees in fear.read · scan
Plutarch, CoriolanusVol. 12
- p. 167His only reward, the surname Coriolanus, is now the sign of enmity to the Volscians; he was stripped of other advantages.read · scan
- p. 185Peace accepted on very dishonorable terms, the Volscians becoming subjects of Rome.read · scan
Plutarch, DemosthenesVol. 12
- p. 211–212Demosthenes is shamed by the bribery conviction and loses reputation.read · scan
Plutarch, Comparison of Demosthenes and CiceroVol. 12
- p. 262–263Demosthenes's exile was infamous for bribery; Cicero's honorable, with the senate mourning until his recall.read · scan
Plutarch, AntonyVol. 12
- p. 327–328Reputation next to Caesar's in army, yet public disgrace among the better class.read · scan
- p. 352–353Antony, ashamed and saddened, cannot address the troops himself; soldiers pity him and grow more respectful.read · scan
- p. 362–363Octavia's honorable conduct damages Antony's reputation; the theatrical division at Alexandria makes him unpopular.read · scan
- p. 372Antony forsakes soldiers who spend their lives for him, losing a commander's standing.read · scan
Pliny the Younger, Letters of PlinyVol. 9
- p. 332–334Losing an acquired reputation is a greater disgrace than never having had one.read · scan
BeowulfVol. 49
- p. 64Beowulf noted for mighty deeds and acts of honor; once despised as slack, he is now rewarded.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 304–305Fall from grandeur to the mansion of contempt.read · scan
The Song of RolandVol. 49
- p. 155–156Roland's sixty barons are praised as unmatched followers; Gan is scorned and disgraced.read · scan
Sir Thomas Malory, The Holy GrailVol. 35
- p. 130–131He fears he has lost worship and laments his sin has brought him great dishonour.read · scan
- p. 151–152He is shamed at losing, having always had the best at tournaments.read · scan
- p. 202Ector feels shame at being turned away.read · scan
Niccolò Machiavelli, The PrinceVol. 36
- p. 48Being unarmed makes a prince despised, a reproach he must guard against.read · scan
- p. 65–66Commodus lost the soldiers' respect by disregarding imperial dignity and fighting as a gladiator.read · scan
- p. 66–67Maximinus's base origin brought him disdain and contempt, contributing to his ruin.read · scan
Sir Walter Raleigh, Preface to the History of the WorldVol. 39
- p. 85–86Ferdinand sold his honor; Charles ended in disgrace, creeping into a cloister as pensioner of his son.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of MacbethVol. 46
- p. 384–385Macbeth laments that in old age he lacks honour, love, obedience and friends, receiving only hollow mouth-honour and curses.read · scan
Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker's HolidayVol. 47
- p. 491Lincoln laments that Lacy's name once lived in honour, now dead in shame for shirking the war.read · scan
Philip Massinger, A New Way to Pay Old DebtsVol. 47
- p. 859Tapwell taunts Wellborn, contrasting his father's worship and repute with his present disgrace.read · scan
- p. 862–866Wellborn spurns charity from a boy, resolving to mend his fortunes in his right wits or die forgotten.read · scan
Pierre Corneille, PolyeucteVol. 26
- p. 99Strato laments Polyeucte's noble name sunk in everlasting shame.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 281On waking they find honour and innocence gone and are left to guilty shame.read · scan
John Milton, Samson AgonistesVol. 4
- p. 415Samson once crowned with highest praises now the grief of Israel.read · scan
- p. 415Shame at being proverbed as a fool in every street; his deeds spoke loud though mute.read · scan
- p. 415Ingratitude toward deliverers like Gideon and Jephtha; Ephraim's cruelty over Shibboleth.read · scan
- p. 415Manoa argues God should spare a chosen hero for honour of former deeds; Samson calls his fall a blot on honour.read · scan
- p. 415Samson's shame at bringing dishonour to God and his father's house.read · scan
- p. 415Scorn attaches to one who betrays secrets; Samson's fame turned to ridicule.read · scan
- p. 415Samson dreads being shamed, useless and contemptible in old age.read · scan
John Dryden, All for Love; or, The World Well LostVol. 18
- p. 26Ventidius invokes ancestors' images to shame degenerate Romans and laments Antony's lost honours.read · scan
- p. 29Antony is consumed by shame over fleeing at Actium, comparing himself with Julius who lost fairly.read · scan
- p. 46Fleeing at Actium to follow Cleopatra is called stain and lasting shame.read · scan
John Dryden, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 391–393Alexander's pride and vain fame are checked by the song of Darius fallen from high estate.read · scan
Jean Racine, PhaedraVol. 26
- p. 194–196Theseus finds even his glory a weight to his punishment.read · scan
Benjamin Franklin, His AutobiographyVol. 1
- p. 134–135Dunbar forsakes chance to recover lost honour, fleeing in disgrace to Philadelphia.read · scan
Samuel Johnson, Life of Addison, 1672-1719Vol. 27
- p. 172–173He gained rank but lost credit in office.read · scan
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in FranceVol. 24
- p. 186–187Old civil wars left conscious dignity, glory and prizes of honour alive; France's present confusion disgraces all men of honour.read · scan
- p. 341–342The minister laments that soldiery long full of honour and loyalty now commit excesses.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 374The once-execrated man now receives applause and wonder from the crowd.read · scan
- p. 503–504Spinola dies of grief at reproaches and ingratitude from those he served.read · scan
George Gordon, Lord Byron, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 812–814The poet feels a patriot's shame in the dearth of fame, blushing for Greece.read · scan
Thomas Carlyle, Sir Walter ScottVol. 25
- p. 448Scott's pride and refusal to admit failure shaped his response to ruined fame and repute.read · scan
Thomas Babington Macaulay, MachiavelliVol. 27
- p. 388–390Patriotic feeling and national degradation weigh on the oppressed Italians.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, An Address Delivered before the Senior Class in Divinity CollegeVol. 5
- p. 35The minister's shame and the blasphemer's contempt show a preacher who has lost respect.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, FriendshipVol. 5
- p. 109–110The warrior once foiled is razed from the book of honor; one failure cancels many victories.read · scan
Hans Christian Andersen, TalesVol. 17
- p. 229–230Persecuted and despised before, he is now praised by all yet remains humble and unproud.read · scan
John Greenleaf Whittier, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1349–1351Former renown and blessing of goodwives lost, yet he prefers the Lord's rewards.read · scan
Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám of NaishápúrVol. 41
- p. 957–958Wine has drowned his glory, sold his reputation for a song and robbed him of his robe of honour.read · scan
Robert Browning, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1082–1083Speaker recounts a triumphal welcome by the crowd turning a year later into stoning on the way to execution.read · scan
- p. 1087Recalls royal favor at Francis's court and lost fame, contrasted with present obscurity and shame.read · scan
- p. 1087Men excuse his work, and he weighs lost chance of greatness against the comfort of home.read · scan
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Two Years Before the MastVol. 23
- p. 123Broken from officer to the forecastle, he gets no pity from the crew and is called a 'soger'.read · scan
- p. 244–246The runaway lad's pretensions are humiliated by captain, mates and crew who snub him; Russell falls from 'Don Tomas' to beggar.read · scan
Frank Aretas Haskell, The Battle of GettysburgVol. 43
- p. 327Army burns with indignation at the disgrace of Chancellorsville and distrusts Hooker's honesty and ability.read · scan
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