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WORKS AND DAYS: SHAME by HESIOD

First Line: NOW SHAME CAN HURT MEN MIGHTILY
Last Line: BUT SHAME THAT GOES WITH POVERTY IS ALL TO RUE.
Subject(s): POVERTY; SHAME;
Now shame can hurt men mightily and help them too;
But shame that goes with poverty is all to rue.


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