Guilt is always jealous

Guilt is always jealous

Those who guilt stains it equals.
[Lat., Facinus quos inquinat aequat.]

Those who guilt stains it equals.
[Lat., Facinus quos inquinat aequat.]

Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.

Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.

The guilty think all talk is of themselves

The guilty think all talk is of themselves

Haste, holy Friar,
Haste, ere the sinner shall expire!
Of all his guilt let him be shriven,
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Haste, holy Friar,
Haste, ere the sinner shall expire!
Of all his guilt let him be shriven,
And smooth his path from earth to heaven!

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.

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.

These false pretexts and varnished colours failing,
Rare in thy guilt how foul must thou appear.

These false pretexts and varnished colours failing,
Rare in thy guilt how foul must thou appear.

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.]