Voltaire
Philosopher, Writer
"We are all guilty of the good we did not do"
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Guilty
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Samuel Johnson
Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
"Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society."
George Washington
Military Leader, Politician
"It is with pleasure I receive reproof, when reproof is due, because no person can be readier to accuse me, than I am to acknowledge an error, when I am guilty of one; nor more desirous of atoning for a crime, when I am sensible of having committed it."
Hannah Arendt
Philosopher, Political Theorist
"where everybody is guilty, nobody is."
Jaclyn Smith
Actress
"You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect."
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"sleep is the most innocent creature there is and a sleepless man the most guilty."
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"When it comes to gossip, I have to readily admit men are as guilty as women."
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"The thing is, whenever I see Hillary Clinton, I feel like I have to vote for her. She makes me feel guilty because I feel like I should vote for her so that she'll feel better about herself because she'd been in such a bad marriage."
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"The secret motive of the absent-minded is to be innocent while guilty. Absent-mindedness is spurious innocence."
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"Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent."
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"Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing."
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"In Fascism, if you were a Jew, you were simply killed. Nobody had the idea of arresting Jews and torturing them to confess the Jewish plot. Because in Fascism, you are guilty for your whole being."
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"If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity."
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"If it is true that cowardice is the most grave vice, then the dog, at least, is not guilty of it."
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"If you believe you are guilty and deserve to be punished, you are asking for it!"
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"My money buys me the freedom not to be a member of the corporate structure. And I certainly don't feel guilty or hypocritical about that. The way our economy is set up, if you don't want to be a corporate moron and you don't want to be enfeebled in the streets, you must earn enough to know that you'll never have to go to them for money."
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"He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will."
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"You don't care if I'm guilty or not. You gonna make sure I go to jail for life."
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"Sleep demands of us a guilty immunity."
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"What crimes, for which we condemn the Government as satanic, have not we been guilty of towards our own untouchable brethren?"
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"My paintings are so legible, I feel guilty."
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"What right can give anyone authority to inflict torture upon a citizen when it is still unknown whether he is innocent or guilty?"
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"In the end, we would like not to be guilty while at the same time being dispensed of the effort of purifying ourselves. Not enough cynicism and not enough virtue."
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"Part of the public horror of sexual irregularity so-called is due to the fact that everyone knows himself essentially guilty."
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"I'd rather believe in my own choice and see it all go wrong than do something I'm not fully convinced of and later feel guilty about it."
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