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Shame No Statist.
By Robert Herrick
Shame is a bad attendant to a state:
He rents his crown that fears the people's hate.
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Shame is a bad attendant to a state. From Seneca, Hippol. 431: Malus est minister regii imperii pudor.
He rents his crown that fears the people's hate. Also from Seneca, Oedipus, 701: Odia qui nimium timet regnare nescit.
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