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Quotations by Subject: Guilt
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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.
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Angelina Jolie (1975 - )
A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
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Anonymous
Guilt is a rope that wears thin.
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Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982)
If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.
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Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855), Jane Eyre pg. 61
Guilt is helpful only when it keeps us acting in line with our beliefs and morals. Otherwise, it creates needless suffering.
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Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
Peace visits not the guilty mind.
(Nemo Malus Felix)
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Juvenal (55 AD - 127 AD)
Guilt is anger directed at ourselves--at what we did or did not do.
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Peter McWilliams, Life 101
Many people weigh the guilt they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take.
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Peter McWilliams, Life 101
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'
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Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BC - 184 BC)
Glory built on selfish principles is shame and guilt.
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William Cowper (1731 - 1800)
So full of artless jealousy is guilt,
It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.
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William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Hamlet", Act 4 scene 5
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
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William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer.
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William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Henry VI, Part III, Act V, sc. 6
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