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

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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
[Lat., Multa trepidus solet
Detegere vultus.]

The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
[Lat., Multa trepidus solet
Detegere vultus.]

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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.

by William Wordsworth Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be
not committed.
[Lat., In ipsa dubitatione read more

Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be
not committed.
[Lat., In ipsa dubitatione facinus inest, etiamsi ad id non
pervererint.]

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Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.

The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.

by Cicero 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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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!

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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And then it started, like a guilty thing
Upon a fearful summons.

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

by William Shakespeare Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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Those who start war often know that because of their
high political position their own lives will not be in
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Those who start war often know that because of their
high political position their own lives will not be in
danger.
on the Diane Rehm Show.

by President Jimmy Carter Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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