It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

Guilt is always jealous.

Guilt is always jealous.

We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.

We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.

Men's minds are too ingenious in palliating guilt in themselves.
[Lat., Ingenia humana sunt ad suam cuique levandam culpam read more

Men's minds are too ingenious in palliating guilt in themselves.
[Lat., Ingenia humana sunt ad suam cuique levandam culpam nimio
plus facunda.]

Without the spice of guilt, sin cannot be fully savored.

Without the spice of guilt, sin cannot be fully savored.

Haste, holy Friar,
Haste, ere the sinner shall expire!
Of all his guilt let him be shriven,
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Haste, holy Friar,
Haste, ere the sinner shall expire!
Of all his guilt let him be shriven,
And smooth his path from earth to heaven!

Nothing is more wretched that the mind of a man conscious of
guilt.
[Lat., Nihil est miserius quam read more

Nothing is more wretched that the mind of a man conscious of
guilt.
[Lat., Nihil est miserius quam animus hominis conscius.]

Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal
consideration should stand in the way of read more

Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal
consideration should stand in the way of performing a public
duty.

He who flees from trial confesses his guilt.
[Lat., Fatetur facinus is qui judicum fugit.]

He who flees from trial confesses his guilt.
[Lat., Fatetur facinus is qui judicum fugit.]