From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed.

From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed.

He who flees from trial confesses his guilt.

He who flees from trial confesses his guilt.

However boldly their warm blood was spilt,
Their life was shame, their epitaph was guilt;
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However boldly their warm blood was spilt,
Their life was shame, their epitaph was guilt;
And this they knew and felt, at least the one,
The leader of the hand he had undone,--
Who, born for better things, had madly set
His life upon a cast, which linger'd yet.

Guilt is always jealous

Guilt is always jealous

Let guilty men remember, their black deeds
Do lean on crutches made of slender reeds.

Let guilty men remember, their black deeds
Do lean on crutches made of slender reeds.

Action and care will in time wear down the strongest frame, but guilt and melancholy are poisons of quick dispatch.

Action and care will in time wear down the strongest frame, but guilt and melancholy are poisons of quick dispatch.

Those who guilt stains it equals.
[Lat., Facinus quos inquinat aequat.]

Those who guilt stains it equals.
[Lat., Facinus quos inquinat aequat.]

Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.

Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.

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.]