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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The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.
The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.
Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.
Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.
Nothing is more wretched that the mind of a man conscious of
guilt.
[Lat., Nihil est miserius quam read more
Nothing is more wretched that the mind of a man conscious of
guilt.
[Lat., Nihil est miserius quam animus hominis conscius.]
One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.
One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.
How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight!
How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight!
Every guilty person is his own hangman.
Every guilty person is his own hangman.
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.
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.
