Quotes
Quotes about Guilt
Neither side is guiltless if its adversary is appointed judge. [Lat., Nulla manus belli, mutato judice, pura est.]
These false pretexts and varnished colours failing, Rare in thy guilt how foul must thou appear.
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from betraying guilt! [Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt. [Lat., Dum ne ob male facta peream, parvi aestimo.]
Nothing is more wretched that the mind of a man conscious of guilt. [Lat., Nihil est miserius quam animus hominis conscius.]
How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight!
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!
He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will. [Lat., Haud est nocens, quicumque non sponte est nocens.]
The fearful face usually betrays great guilt. [Lat., Multa trepidus solet Detegere vultus.]
And then it started, like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons.
A guilty conscience never feels secure.
He who flees from trial confesses his guilt. [Lat., Fatetur facinus is qui judicum fugit.]
Let guilty men remember, their black deeds Do lean on crutches made of slender reeds.
A land of levity is a land of guilt.
The more sinful and guilty a person tends to feel, the less chance there is that he will be a happy, healthy, or law-abiding citizen. He will become a compulsive wrong-doer.
Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
He that is conscious of guilt cannot bear the innocence of others: So they will try to reduce all others to their own level.
Guilt is anything you did and fear others to know about
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind with whips and stings.
One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.
It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.
Without the spice of guilt, sin cannot be fully savored.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer.
