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Guilt Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and gentleness.
- Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades the sacred hour of silent rest and leaves, unseen, a…
- There is a certain degree of temptation which will overcome any virtue. Now, in so far as you approach temptation to a man, you do…
- To see helpless infancy stretching out her hands, and pouring out her cries in testimony of dependence, without any powers to alarm jealousy, or any…
- Guilt has always its horrors and solicitudes; and, to make it yet more shameful and detestable, it is doomed often to stand in awe of…
- To tell your own secrets is generally folly, but that folly is without guilt; to communicate those with which we are intrusted is always treachery,…
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- I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm afraid I… — Amy Adams
- Forgiveness takes the burden of hate, guilt, and bitterness off your back and, with a lighter load, you can climb higher and… — Zig Ziglar
- When a nation has allowed itself to fall under a tyrannical regime, it cannot be absolved from the faults due to the… — Winston Churchill
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- We are told from childhood onward that everything we want to do is impossible. We grow up with this idea, and as… — Paulo Coelho
- To encounter Christ is to touch reality and experience transcendence. He gives us a sense of self-worth or personal significance, because He… — John Stott