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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.] 
 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. 
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.
Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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.
We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
 He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will.
 [Lat., Haud est nocens, quicumque non read more 
 He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will.
 [Lat., Haud est nocens, quicumque non sponte est nocens.] 
One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.
One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.