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    These false pretexts and varnished colours failing,
    Rare in thy guilt how foul must thou appear.

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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.

Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.

by Erma Bombeck Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.

We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.

by Vauvenargues Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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Whatever guilt is perpetrated by some evil prompting, is grievous
to the author of the crime. This is the read more

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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It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. read more

It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.

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A guilty conscience never feels secure.

A guilty conscience never feels secure.

by Syrus (publilius Syrus) Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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Guilt is always jealous.

Guilt is always jealous.

by John Ray Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he read more

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more

Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]

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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!

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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