Vicarious Shame

Famous quotes containing the words vicarious and/or shame:

    “Vicarious living is only slightly less impossible than vicarious eating.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a shame to have one, yet at the same time has credited it with power to drag the soul to perdition.”
    —Eliza Farnham (1815–1864)