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Guilt is anything you did and fear others to know about
Guilt is anything you did and fear others to know about
It is base to filch a purse, daring to embezzle a million, but it is great beyond measure to steal read more
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.
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.]
The gods
Grow angry with your patience. 'Tis their care,
And must be yours, that guilty men read more
The gods
Grow angry with your patience. 'Tis their care,
And must be yours, that guilty men escape not:
As crimes do grow, justice should rouse itself.
How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight!
How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight!
Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.
Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.
He who flees from trial confesses his guilt.
He who flees from trial confesses his guilt.
