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"That man is guilty of impertinence who considers not the circumstances of time, or engrosses the conversation, or makes himself the subject of his discourse, or pays no regard to the company he is in."
"I love working. I feel guilty about doing nothing; I get bored."
"Dear Hitler Take away the torches I'm not guilty I had to have this"
"We are more pained when one of our friends is guilty of something shameful than when we do it ourselves."
"The truly just is he who feels half guilty of your misdeeds."
"He who blushes is already guilty."
"It's nice to have people who will feel guilty for you."
"The human is the only guilty animal."
"But you must give him some sign, some sign that you love him... or he'll never be a man. All his life he'll feel guilty and alone unless you release him."
"Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not knowing his in its entirety."
"Of all deadly sins, this is the most deadly, namely, that any one should think he is not guilty of a damnable and deadly sin before God."
"The guilty are allowed, by human laws, bloody as they are, to speak in their own defence before they are condemned."
"All judges had rather that ten innocent should suffer than that one guilty should escape."
"A little folly is desirable in him that will not be guilty of stupidity."
"Even the simplest things, I'm guilty of making really bad decisions a lot of the time."
"You don't have to live with anger, or sadness, or jealousy. You don't have to judge yourself, make yourself guilty, and punish yourself."
"I would like to add I'm innocent. I am not guilty."
