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Without the spice of guilt, sin cannot be fully savored.
Without the spice of guilt, sin cannot be fully savored.
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.]
A land of levity is a land of guilt.
A land of levity is a land of guilt.
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.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
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.
Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal
consideration should stand in the way of read more
Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal
consideration should stand in the way of performing a public
duty.
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.
Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.