Guilt Quotes

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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… — Hannah Arendt
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt. — Saint Augustine
Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. — Jane Austen
I love soap operas - the stories, the plots! And I love the game shows and the courtroom dramas and the detectives - Jessica Fletcher,… — Peter Ackroyd
I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm afraid I will always feel… — Amy Adams
Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. — John Adams
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. — Simone de Beauvoir
Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation. — Martha Beck
A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house. — Aeschylus
Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving. — Erma Bombeck
I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star. — Bono
Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the… — Omar N. Bradley
If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be… — Charlotte Bronte
Make no mistake, most women are well aware that they've never had it so good; when they enter a spa or salon, it is purely… — Julie Burchill
I'm a bit of a worrier, to an extreme. I'll crack a joke, then worry if I've offended someone - even when they're laughing. I… — Sophia Bush
Sadly, we do a much better job of making people feel guilty than we do of delivering them from the guilt we create. We need… — Tony Campolo
I'm not denying that depression can be spiritually induced. Guilt from having wronged and hurt others can bring it on. A sense of having failed… — Tony Campolo
I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have… — Jim Carrey
Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death. — Coco Chanel
The guilty think all talk is of themselves. — Geoffrey Chaucer

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