"We would not be ashamed of doing some of the things we do in private, if the number of sane human beings who do them in public were large enough."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Shame, Truth, Humanity, Privacy

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"We would not be ashamed of doing some of the things we do in private, if the number of sane human beings who do them in public were large enough."

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