Let guilty men remember, their black deeds
Do lean on crutches made of slender reeds.

Let guilty men remember, their black deeds
Do lean on crutches made of slender reeds.

And then it started, like a guilty thing
Upon a fearful summons.

And then it started, like a guilty thing
Upon a fearful summons.

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he read more

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.

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

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

Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do.

Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do.

Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.

Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.

Every guilty person is his own hangman.

Every guilty person is his own hangman.

I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
[Lat., Dum ne ob male facta peream, parvi aestimo.]

I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
[Lat., Dum ne ob male facta peream, parvi aestimo.]

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution