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Shame (n.) felt ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠for one's father is the sharpest pang of sympathy: to approach him backwards, with averted face, so as not to behold his dishonor.

Shame (n.) attaches ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to hope not through its failure but through what one hoped for: disappointment merely reveals how much a worldly advantage meant to you — and that was never hope, only wishing.

Shame (n.) over ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠giving should come only with money: until you have money and can give, you have nothing to be ashamed of.

Shame (n.) before ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠God is a bashfulness felt not before the other person but before the third who is present, as two talking feel differently when the king stands by unseen by one of them; God's presence makes the two equal.

Shame (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠no trace of lust in modesty, yet it is shame — of what? Of nothing. And yet one may die of it.