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    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.

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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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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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Every guilty person is his own hangman.

Every guilty person is his own hangman.

by Seneca Found in: Guilt Quotes,
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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.

by Victor Hugo Found in: Darkness Quotes, Guilt Quotes,
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The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who lays the plot.

The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who lays the plot.

by Conte Vittorio Alfieri 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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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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Neither side is guiltless if its adversary is appointed judge.
[Lat., Nulla manus belli, mutato judice, pura est.]

Neither side is guiltless if its adversary is appointed judge.
[Lat., Nulla manus belli, mutato judice, pura est.]

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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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