The saying, "Be ashamed to die until you have won a victory for humanity"- Horace Mann

* Be ashamed to die until you have won a victory for humanity"- Harace Mann

To me, this quote means basically what it says. It is saying that you should be ashamed to die if you have not yet had the chance to do something good for humanity. Another way of thinking about what this quote is saying the you should be ashamed if you have not done something good for humanity throughout your life and because having died without doing so is shameful. I believe this quote is advising people to go out and do some good. Doing good makes people feel great about themselves and having not contibuted to humanity can make you feel ashamed. Another way of wording this message is that you should feel ashamed of yourself until you do good for humanity. I think it is saying that you should not be satisfied with the life you are living until you "win a victory for humanity".