62 Shameful Quotes for You to Enjoy

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them. Confucius

Deceived Our Distrust More Shameful Friends Than Them

To truly cherish the things that are important to you, you must first discard those that have outlived their purpose. And if you no longer need them, then that is neither wasteful nor shameful. Can you truthfully say that you treasure something buried so deeply in a cupboard or drawer that you have forgotten its existence? Marie Kondo

You First Important Say Those Drawer Neither Must Something Outlived Purpose Shameful Longer Discard Cherish Nor Truly Existence Cupboard Truthfully Forgotten Buried Them Then Deeply Wasteful Things Treasure Need

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth. Phaedrus

Truth Speak Fraud Shameful After Whoever Even Believed Ever Ever After

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

World Nothing Fables Lies More Shameful Self Than Establishing

The most basic obligation we have to our veterans is that we keep the promises that were made to them. That is what makes the recent failures of the Veterans Administration so shameful. Doc Hastings

Obligation Veterans Made Promises Our Administration Shameful Failures Most Makes Were Veterans Administration Them Keep Basic Recent

The black masses must demand and refuse to accept nothing less than that proportionate percentage of the political spoils such as jobs, elective offices and appointments... They must reject the shameful racial tokenism that characterizes the political life of America today. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Life Today Political Black Nothing Jobs Must Percentage Shameful Spoils Demand Masses Accept Political Life Than America Offices Refuse Racial Elective Less Reject Appointments

'You, too, can be the President,' every American kid is told. But one unintended consequence of this belief, it is that, as a result of our being a meritocracy, if you have not succeeded, you are of lesser merit. It is shameful to be a failure in this country. Caterina Fake

Failure You Result Country Every Too President Our Kid Shameful Merit American Being Succeeded Unintended Lesser Belief Every American Consequence

The harming of animals for any reason is shameful, but torturing them for mere vanity is senseless. Slaughtering animals for their fur or harming them for cosmetic purposes is disgusting and not worth the perfect shade of lipstick. Laura Mennell

Worth Animals Harming Fur Vanity Cosmetic Shade Perfect Purposes Shameful Mere Lipstick Any Disgusting Senseless Them Reason

In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery. Sallust

Overcome King Shameful Force Arms Opinion Than In My Opinion Less Bribery

It could be said that all armed conflicts are a ludicrous and shameful waste of lives, but World War I has a special place in the history of futility - a war without clear purpose, a war whose resolution would ultimately make the world a far worse place. Scott Spencer

War History World Worse Futility Would Purpose Shameful Could Clear Armed Make Without Said Ultimately The History Of Conflicts Place Far Special Special Place Ludicrous Whose Waste Lives World War World War I Resolution

A friend of mine, a Hispanic entrepreneur asked me a question sometime ago, he said, 'When is the last time you saw a Hispanic panhandler?' I think it's a great question. I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Ted Cruz

Life Time Great Me You Entrepreneur My Life Seen Community Think Our Our Community Once Saw Mine Out Tell Would Would-Be Sometime Shameful Never He Because Said Hispanic Question Friend Begging Asked Viewed Street Last Last Time

To a shameful extent, the charm of marriage boils down to how unpleasant it is to be alone. Alain de Botton

Alone Marriage Down Unpleasant Charm Shameful How Boils Extent

A hidden nerve is what every writer is ultimately about. It's what all writers wish to uncover when writing about themselves in this age of the personal memoir. And yet it's also the first thing every writer learns to sidestep, to disguise, as though this nerve were a deep and shameful secret that needs to be swathed in many sheaths. Andre Aciman

Needs Age Writing Disguise First Wish Every Secret Hidden Though Memoir All Writers Nerve About Shameful Writer Writers Uncover Also First Thing Learns Were Ultimately Personal The First Thing Themselves Deep Many Thing

There is nothing shameful about being efficient. Arpad Busson

Nothing About Shameful Efficient Being

I struggle to learn by rote. I've had meltdowns on set. Which is embarrassing and shameful. Benedict Cumberbatch

Struggle Embarrassing Shameful Had Learn Which Rote Set

It is shameful that millions of Americans are suffering the economic injustice of working a full-time job and earning a wage that leaves them below the poverty line. Bill Pascrell

Injustice Suffering Job Poverty Earning Economic Shameful Poverty Line Wage Leaves Line American Them Working Full-Time Full-Time Job Millions Below

I think that being bullied is a shameful experience. Carolyn Mackler

Experience Think Shameful Bullied Being

For me, the thing that is different about Trump is that you don't realize it, and I didn't realize it, but there is a rhythm that the political press - including myself - expects people to show in terms of embarrassing statements or shameful acts. And that is spinning it away and finally being forced to apologize, and then apologize again. David Fahrenthold

Myself Me You People Political Finally Statements Press Embarrassing Spinning About Shameful Terms Forced Trump Expects Being Different Rhythm Again Realize Then Apologize Show Including Acts Away Thing

The old saying that war is a racket has taken on an even more shameful meaning. David Hackworth

War Saying Old More Shameful Taken Meaning Racket Even

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