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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

525	Behave well when alone, and feel shame in you own eyes [Democritus (attr)]
	Full Idea: Do not say or do what is base, even when you are alone. Learn to feel shame in your own eyes much more than before others.
	From: Democritus (attrib) (reports [c.250 BCE], B244), quoted by John Stobaeus - Anthology 3.31.7
	A reaction: I like this. How you think and behave when unobserved is the true test of who you are. Feeling shame at a very private failing is an interesting phenomenon.