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It is base to filch a purse, daring to embezzle a million, but it is great beyond measure to steal read more
It is base to filch a purse, daring to embezzle a million, but it is great beyond measure to steal a crown. The sin lessens as the guilt increases.
Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone read more
Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone had done the wrong
 And then it started, like a guilty thing
 Upon a fearful summons.  
 And then it started, like a guilty thing
 Upon a fearful summons. 
He that is conscious of guilt cannot bear the innocence of others: So they will try to reduce all others read more
He that is conscious of guilt cannot bear the innocence of others: So they will try to reduce all others to their own level.
 Neither side is guiltless if its adversary is appointed judge.
 [Lat., Nulla manus belli, mutato judice, pura est.]  
 Neither side is guiltless if its adversary is appointed judge.
 [Lat., Nulla manus belli, mutato judice, pura est.] 
 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. 
 What we call real estate--the solid ground to build a house 
on--is the broad foundation on which nearly all read more 
 What we call real estate--the solid ground to build a house 
on--is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this 
world rests. 
Guilt is anger directed at ourselves.
Guilt is anger directed at ourselves.
 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.]