Shame · Skopia

Quotes

6

Scripture · Religious literature

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day.

Genesis 3:7-8

1405 BC

★ 5.4

Novel · Coming of age story

It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home.

Charles Dickens

Great Expectations · 1861

★ 4.0

Man is the Only Animal that Blushes. Or needs to.

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World · 1897

★ 4.0

Historical literature

The worst kind of shame is that caused by parsimony or poverty.

Ab Urbe Condita · 9 BC

★ 2.2

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Books

2

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

1850★ 8.1

Tokyo Express

Seicho Matsumoto

1958★ 4.5