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The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who lays the plot.
The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who lays the plot.
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
 Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be 
not committed.
 [Lat., In ipsa dubitatione read more 
 Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be 
not committed.
 [Lat., In ipsa dubitatione facinus inest, etiamsi ad id non 
pervererint.] 
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.
 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. 
The guilty think all talk is of themselves
The guilty think all talk is of themselves
Without the spice of guilt, sin cannot be fully savored.
Without the spice of guilt, sin cannot be fully savored.
 However boldly their warm blood was spilt,
 Their life was shame, their epitaph was guilt;
  And this read more 
 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.