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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.

    by Unknown 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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Action and care will in time wear down the strongest frame, but guilt and melancholy are poisons of quick dispatch.

Action and care will in time wear down the strongest frame, but guilt and melancholy are poisons of quick dispatch.

by Thomas Paine Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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A land of levity is a land of guilt.

A land of levity is a land of guilt.

by Edward Young Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight!

How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight!

by Alexander Pope Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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Guilt is always jealous

Guilt is always jealous

by John Ray Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.

Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.

by Livy Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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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.]

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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.

by Ulysses Simpson Grant Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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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.

by Nathaniel Hawthorne Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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