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A guilty conscience never feels secure.
A guilty conscience never feels secure.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
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.
A land of levity is a land of guilt.
A land of levity is a land of guilt.
We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
How guilt once harbour'd in the conscious breast,
Intimidates the brave, degrades the great.
How guilt once harbour'd in the conscious breast,
Intimidates the brave, degrades the great.
However boldly their warm blood was spilt,
Their life was shame, their epitaph was guilt;
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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.
He who flees from trial confesses his guilt.
He who flees from trial confesses his guilt.
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution