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~ Without the spice of guilt, sin cannot be fully savored. ~
~ Guilt is always jealous. ~
~ 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. ~
~ The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity. ~
~ Guilt is the source of sorrow, 'tis the fiend,Th' avenging fiend, that follows us behindWith whips and stings. ~
~ Every guilty person is his own hangman. ~
~ Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves. ~
~ 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. ~
~ Guilt is universal. ~
~ No acquisitions of guilt can compensate the loss of that solid inward comfort of mind, which is the sure companion of innocence and virtue; nor can in the least balance the evil of that horror and anxiety which, in their room, guilt introduces into our bosoms. ~
~ The difference between guilt and shame is very clear—in theory. We feel guilty for what we do. We feel shame for what we are. ~
~ He who helps the guilty, shares the crime. ~
~ We each begin in innocence.
We all become guilty. ~
~ Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and the very magnitude of the crime the best excuse for doing nothing. ~
~ God hath yoked to guilt her pale tormentor,--misery. ~
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