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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt. (Quote by - Francois de La Rochefoucauld)

Guilt: punishing yourself before God doesn't. (Quote by - Alan Cohen)

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

Guilt is the very nerve of sorrow (Quote by - Horace Bushnell)

Guilt is the source of sorrow, 'tis the fiend, Th' avenging fiend, that follows us behind, With whips and stings (Quote by - Nicholas Rowe)

From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed. (Quote by - William Wordsworth)

Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do. (Quote by - Voltaire)

Guilt alone, like brain-sick frenzy in its feverish mood, fills the light air with visionary terrors, and shapeless forms of fear. (Quote by - Junius)

I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish and guilt. (Quote by - Natalie Wood)

Our capital system is haunted by the demon of error: error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die What effect was race having? What effect was poverty having?. (Quote by - George Ryan)

Guilt is anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not do Resentment is anger directed at others - at what they did or did not do. (Quote by - Peter McWilliams)

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself. (Quote by - Simone De Beauvoir)

I have never smuggled anything in my life Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier?. (Quote by - John Steinbeck)

Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt. (Quote by - George Sewell)

The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed. (Quote by - Nathaniel Parker Willis)

I don't believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don't judge people in your life I think you should live completely free. (Quote by - Angelina Jolie)

The gods Grow angry with your patience. 'Tis their care, And must be yours, that guilty men escape not: As crimes do grow, justice should rouse itself. (Quote by - Ben Jonson)

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 (Quote by - Nathaniel Hawthorne)

In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind. (Quote by - Gilbert Parker)

My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. (Quote by - John Dryden)

Guiltiness will speak, though tongues were out of use (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now. (Quote by - Alan Watts)

If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work . (Quote by - Raymond E Feist)

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! (Quote by - Sir Walter Scott)

Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie. (Quote by - Lawrence Durrell)

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