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 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.] 
The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.
The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.
 I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
 [Lat., Dum ne ob male facta peream, parvi aestimo.]  
 I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
 [Lat., Dum ne ob male facta peream, parvi aestimo.] 
 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.] 
The more sinful and guilty a person tends to feel, the less chance there is that he will be a read more
The more sinful and guilty a person tends to feel, the less chance there is that he will be a happy, healthy, or law-abiding citizen. He will become a compulsive wrong-doer.
Guilt is anything you did and fear others to know about
Guilt is anything you did and fear others to know about
Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.
Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.