Quotes by Kundera, Milan

Nudity is the uniform of the other side... nudity is a shroud. >>

Woman is the future of man. That means that the world which was once f >>

A wave of anger washed over me, anger against myself, at my age at the >>

Quotations about Shame

The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes >>

Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame. >>

Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civ >>

The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are without any choice in the matter, and that this humiliation is seen by everyone.

Kundera, Milan