Whatever guilt is perpetrated by some evil prompting, is grievous
to the author of the crime. This is the first punishment of
guilt that no one who is guilty is acquitted at the judgment seat
of his own conscience.
[Lat., Exemplo quodcumque malo committitur, ipsi
Displicet auctori. Prima est haec ultio, quod se
Judice nemo nocens absolvitur.]
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He that is conscious of guilt cannot bear the innocence of others: So they will try to reduce all others to their own level.
Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.
The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
The guilty think all talk is of themselves
The guilty think all talk is of themselves
We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer.
