“For him I reckon lost who’s lost to shame.”

—  Plautus , Bacchides

Bacchides Act III, scene 3, line 80.
Variant translation: I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame. (translator unknown)
Bacchides (The Bacchises)

Original

Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.

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