Shame is worse than death.


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Shame is worse than death.
RUSSIAN PROVERB
When your mouth stumbles, it's worse than feet. - Oji proverb
AFRICAN PROVERB
The fear of death is worse than death.
ROBERT BURTON
Life without Liberty is far worse than death.
HAMID KARZAI
Absence from whom we love is worse than death.
WILLIAM COWPER
Immortality - a fate worse than death.
EDGAR A. SHOAFF
There are worse things than death.
ERIN KELLISON
For one who has been honored, dishonor is worse than death.
BHAGAVAD GITA
Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
WILLIAM COWPER
Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
WILLIAM COWPER
Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair
WILLIAM COWPER
An unemployed existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.
JOS
Conscience is worse than death, some people commit suicide to evade it.
EFRAT CYBULKIEWICZ
An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.
JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET
There are so many worse things than death. Not to be loved or not to be able to love: that is worse.
CASSANDRA CLARE
I think quite often a fate worse than death is life - for lots of people.
TOM BAKER
To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could ...
MALCOLM X
There is absolutely no worse death curse than the humdrum daily existence of the living dead.
ANTHON ST. MAARTEN
And silence sounds no worse than cheers / After death has stopped the ears.
A. E. HOUSMAN
And silence sounds no worse than cheers
After death has stopped the ears.
A.E. HOUSMAN
Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.
FREDERICH WILHELM NIETZCHE
They can rule the world while they can persuade us our pain belongs in some order is death by famine...
ADRIENNE RICH
They can rule the world while they can persuade us our pain belongs in some order is death by famine...
ADRIENNE RICH
I truly believe I am not afraid of death. What I shrink from, I believe, is the shame of dying as st...
J.M. COETZEE
It's a breath you took too late.
It's a death that's worse than fate.
ELVIS COSTELLO
It is better to walk than curse the road. - Wolof proverb, Senegal
AFRICAN PROVERBS
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. English Proverb (17th century)
ENGLISH PROVERB
We judge people in areas where we're vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing...
BRENE BROWN
There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems.
THOMAS CARLYLE
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman...
WOODY ALLEN
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman...
ANONYMOUS
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman...
WOODY ALLEN
Those who have witnessed executions say there is no sound worse than the weeping of mother watching ...
CAROLEE DEAN
To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death...
GARRETT FORT
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meet...
WILL ROGERS
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it
JOHN KEATS
I never know which is worse: the sorrow when you hit the bird or the shame when you miss it.
JULIAN FELLOWES
A proverb is not a proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress ...
WILL ROGERS
One day we will all wear a garment which has no pockets...
IDRIES SHAH
Never shame your comrades by letting their death get you killed
RACHEL BACH
Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late?
LEWIS CARROLL
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ALVIN TOFFLER
A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria
AFRICAN PROVERBS
It's a damn shame the (death penalty) verdict will not be carried out.
BOB GRANT
Slander is worse than cannibalism
SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
Suspense is worse than disappointment.
ROBERT BURNS
Slander is worse than cannibalism.
JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
Life is weaker than death, and death is weaker than love.
KHALIL GIBRAN
The proverb is something musty.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Because there was only one thing worse than dying. And that was knowing you were going to die. And w...
RICHARD MATHESON
Nothing ever becomes real till experienced – even a proverb is no proverb until your life has illu...
JOHN KEATS
The least-bad scenario is a hard landing, global recession worse than the 1930s. The worst-case borr...
KENNETH DEFFEYES
The man in the mirror is meant to be a stranger. If he and I were to ever become the same person, it...
JAMES LEO DENNISON
The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse t...
DANIEL BERRIGAN
Britannia's shame! There took her gloomy flight, On wing impetuous, a black sullen soul . . . ...
EDWARD YOUNG
Flaws would not only bring death but, far worse, humiliation.
WILLIAM GOLDMAN
Carelessness is worse than a thieve.
SCOTTISH PROVERB
Nothing is worse than active ignorance.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
This is worse than the Oscars.
JENNIFER LOPEZ
Halfway kindness is worse than none.
ROSAMUND HODGE
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced -- even a proverb is no proverb to you till your li...
JOHN KEATS
I had never seen a woman in such despair before. It was worse than death, it was a constant longing ...
PHILIPPA GREGORY
There is nothing worse than annotated humour.
GARRY TRUDEAU
No enemy is worse than bad advice.
SOPHOCLES
Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.
JOHN DONNE
The remedy is worse than the disease.
FRANCIS BACON
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
There is no torture worse than solitude.
SS038NICK
His bark is worse than his bite.
GEORGE HERBERT
Fake love is even worse than hatred.
OLASOT
The remedy is worse than the disease.
FRANCIS BACON SR.
Thrusted light is worse than presented pistols.
HERMAN MELVILLE
Accepting evil is worse than committing evil.
ABHIJIT NASKAR
Momentary happiness is worse than permanent misery.
AHMED MOSTAFA
Weakness shown is worse than weakness felt.
PETER V. BRETT
Nixon was a bad loser. He hated losing worse than death, and that is why I enjoyed him. We were both...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON
The two great risks are risking too much but also risking too little. That's for each person to ...
JIMMY CHIN
Gratitude is the heart's memory. -French Proverb.
FRENCH PROVERB
A proverb is the child of experience.
ENGLISH PROVERB
Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and not be able to
SOPHOCLES
Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages
THOMAS J. WATSON, SR.
Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages
THOMAS J. WATSON SR.
Cheap jewelry, however, is worse than no jewelry at all, and there are very few things in life than ...
JILL CONNER BROWNE
O friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong, And let no warrior in the heat of fight Do w...
HOMER ("SMYRNS OF CHIOS")
There are worse things than having behaved foolishly in public.
There are worse things than the...
FLEUR ADCOCK
A bad peace is even worse than war.
TACITUS
The outlook is worse than we had hoped.
CHRISTIAN MAHER
A bad peace is even worse than war.
PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS
A soul sold is much worse than slavery.
DEDRICK D. L. PITTER
It is worse than immoral, it's a mistake.
DEAN ACHESON
Religion without relationship is worse than uncontrolled dynamite.
RIAAN VAN WYK
Who worse than a physician Would this report become? But I consider By med'cine life may be p...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Only one enemy is worse than despair: indifference. In every area of human creativity, indifference ...
ELIE WIESEL
It is worse than a crime: it is a mistake.
JOSEPH FOUCHE
It is worse than a crime: it is a mistake
JOSEPH FOUCHE
Worse than the ordinary, miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the ...
FRANK MCCOURT
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ETHAN ZOHN
There are only two things worse then an empty canvas: death and taxes.
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