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And Tragedy should blush as much to stoop To the low mimic follies of a farce, As a grave matron would to dance with girls.
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Rome stuffs its ears when it hears thee; the world reviles thee. I can blush for thee no longer, and I have no wish to do so. The howls of Cerberus, though resembling thy music, will be less offensive to me, for I have never been the friend of Cerberus, and I need not be ashamed of his howling.

henryk sienkiewicz

— Letter of Petronius to Nero, Ch. 73

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Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the Great ; Where neither guilty glory glows, Nor despicable state? Yes one the first the last the best The Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate , Bequeath'd the name of Washington , To make man blush there was but one!

lord byron

— Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte, st. 29 (1814)

Tags: may, wearied, eye, repose, When, gazing, Great, guilty, glory

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Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

thomas gray

— St. 14. (Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1750))

Tags: Full, gem, purest, ray, serene, dark, unfathomed, caves, ocean

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Dishonor waits on perfidy. A man should blush to think a falsehood; it is the crime of cowards.


— Samuel Johnson, p. 242. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))

Tags: waits, perfidy, man, think, falsehood, crime, cowards

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A simple "Hi" has potential to make you blush, if received from your crush.

Akansh Malik

— Indian author

Tags: crush, Your, from, received, you, make, potential, Hi, simple

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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

thomas gray

— Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1751).

Tags: Full, flower, born, unseen, waste, sweetness, desert, air

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Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retir'd; Bid her come forth, Suffer her self to be desir'd, And not blush to be admir'd.

Edmund Waller

— 1645  'Go, lovely rose'.

Tags: Small, worth, beauty, light, retir'd, Bid, Suffer, self, desir'd

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"And indeed I know not whether, at the time, it was not for him rather than myself that I blushed; for, since he and I are one, I so identify myself with him, that I feel his degradation, his failings, and transgressions as my own; I blush for him, I fear for him; I repent for him, weep, pray, and feel for him as for myself; but I cannot act for him; and hence, I must be and I am, debased, contaminated by the union, both in my own eyes, and in the actual truth."

anne brontë

— Helen Graham (Ch. XXX : Domestic Scenes)

Tags: indeed, know, time, him, myself, blushed, one, identify, feel

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But ’neath yon crimson treeLover to listening maid might breathe his flame,Nor mark, within its roseate canopy,Her blush of maiden shame.

william cullen bryant

— Autumn Woods. Reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Tags: neath, yon, crimson, listening, maid, breathe, mark, within, roseate

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But sad as angels for the good man's sin,Weep to record, and blush to give it in.

thomas campbell

— Part II, line 357.

Tags: sad, angels, good, man's, record, give

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Fair pledges of a fruitful tree,Why do ye fall so fast?Your date is not so pastBut you may stay yet here awhileTo blush and gently smile,And go at last.

Robert Herrick

— "To Blossoms".

Tags: Fair, pledges, fruitful, fall, date, pastBut, you, may, stay

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It is difficult to live up to one's posters…When I pass my name in such large letters I blush, but at the same time instinctively raise my hat.

herbert beerbohm tree

— Page 188. (Beerbohm Tree (1956))

Tags: difficult, live, pass, name, large, letters, time, instinctively, raise

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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

thomas gray

— Elegy in a Country Churchyard, Stanza 14 (1751)

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Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it Fame.

Alexander Pope

— Alexander Pope, Epilogue to Satire. Dialogue I, line 135.

Tags: humble, Allen, awkward, shame, good, stealth, find, Fame

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She picks up the baby and contemplates the Bonsai-bush, and, as we watch, in the growing half-dark, the Bonsai-bush flowers. On the black-and-white film, the thousands of flower-petals blush a deep red.

Peter Greenaway

— Conclusion of the published script.

Tags: picks, baby, contemplates, Bonsaibush, we, watch, growing, halfdark, flowers

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Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, Half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, And flare up bodily, wings and all.


— Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh (1856), Book II, line 732.

Tags: Girls, sometimes, alive, Half, wishing, dead, save, shame, sudden

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I will go wash; And when my face is fair, you shall perceive Whether I blush or no.

william shakespeare

— William Shakespeare, Coriolanus (c. 1607-08), Act I, scene 9, line 68.

Tags: wash, when, face, fair, you, perceive

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Where now I have no one to blush with me, To cross their arms and hang their heads with mine.

william shakespeare

— William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece (1594), line 792.

Tags: now, one, me, cross, arms, hang, heads, mine

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And bid the cheek be ready with a blush Modest as morning when she coldly eyes The youthful Phœbus.

william shakespeare

— William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida (c. 1602), Act I, scene 3, line 228.

Tags: bid, cheek, ready, Modest, morning, when, coldly, eyes, youthful

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So sweet the blush of bashfulness, E'en pity scarce can wish it less!

lord byron

— Lord Byron, Bride of Abydos, Canto 1, Stanza 8.

Tags: sweet, bashfulness, E'en, pity, scarce, can, wish, less

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'Tis not on youth's smooth cheek the blush alone, which fades so fast, But the tender bloom of heart is gone, ere youth itself be past.

lord byron

— Lord Byron, Stanzas for Music.

Tags: youth's, smooth, cheek, alone, fades, fast, tender, bloom, heart

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O shame! Where is thy blush?

william shakespeare

— William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act III, scene 4, line 82.

Tags: shame

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Now, if you can blush and cry, "guilty," cardinal, You'll show a little honesty.

william shakespeare

— William Shakespeare, Henry VIII (1613), Act III, scene 2, line 306.

Tags: Now, you, can, cry, guilty, cardinal, show, little, honesty

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And while the wicket falls behind Her steps, I thought if I could find A wife I need not blush to show I've little further now to go.

william barnes

— William Barnes, Not Far to Go.

Tags: while, wicket, falls, behind, steps, thought, find, wife, need

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Nihil veritas erubescit.

Truth does not blush.

tertullian

— Adversus Valentinianos, 3.2

Tags: Nihil, veritas, erubescit, not, truth

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Faire pledges of a fruitful tree Why do yee fall so fast? Your date is not so past But you may stay yet here awhile To blush and gently smile And go at last.

Robert Herrick

— Robert Herrick, To Blossoms.

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There bloomed the strawberry of the wilderness; The trembling eyebright showed her sapphire blue, The thyme her purple, like the blush of Even; And if the breath of some to no caress Invited, forth they peeped so fair to view, All kinds alike seemed favourites of Heaven.

william wordsworth

— William Wordsworth, The River Duddon, Flowers, VI.

Tags: There, bloomed, strawberry, wilderness, trembling, showed, sapphire, blue, thyme

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The apple blossoms' shower of pearl, Though blent with rosier hue, As beautiful as woman's blush, As evanescent too.

letitia elizabeth landon

— Apple Blossoms

Tags: apple, shower, pearl, blent, hue, beautiful, evanescent

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Like my daddy said right before he killed my mom, "If ya want somethin' done right, ya gotta do it yourself". He also said... [Blade: Do you blush?]


— Who: Reinhardt
— Source: Blade 2
— Note: Said before trying to kill Blade with his own sword. Blade then blocks him and takes his sword back before cutting him in half.

Tags: daddy, right, before, killed, mom, ya, want, somethin', done

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