Bashfulness. Christy, Robert, comp. 1887. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages

Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Bashfulness


A scoff is the reward of bashfulness.	1
At table bashfulness is out of place.	2
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.	3
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth but a reproach to old age. Aristotle.	4
Bashfulness is no use to the needy. Dutch.	5
He that wants should not be bashful. Italian.	6
His bashful mind hinders his good intent.	7
It is only the bashful that lose. French.	8
To cast a sheep’s eye at one.	9