#bashfulness

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. ↗

— Aristotle

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Not that I am ashamed of my mind or body, my birth or breeding, my actions or fortunes, for my bashfulness is in my nature, not for any crime. ↗

— Margaret Cavendish

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Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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When I was small, my most serious handicap was a painful bashfulness in the presence of strangers. ↗

— George McGovern

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