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    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.

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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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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
[Lat., Multa trepidus solet
Detegere vultus.]

The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
[Lat., Multa trepidus solet
Detegere vultus.]

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Guilt is anger directed at ourselves.

Guilt is anger directed at ourselves.

by Peter Mcwilliams Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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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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From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed.

From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed.

by William Wordsworth Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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Guilt once harbored in the conscious breast, intimidates the brave, degrades the great.

Guilt once harbored in the conscious breast, intimidates the brave, degrades the great.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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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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The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.

The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.

by Cicero 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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