"This innocence begins to weigh me down."
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"This innocence begins to weigh me down."
"Justice in the extreme is often unjust."
"The crime of a mother is a heavy burden."
"The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes."
"Honor, without money, is a mere malady."
"A single word often betrays a great design."
"Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness."
"Too much virtue can be criminal."
"The day is not purer than the depths of my heart."
"Thank the Gods! My misery exceeds all my hopes!"
"He who will travel far spares his steed."
"I loved you when you were unfaithful; what would I have done if you were true?"
"There may be guilt when there is too much virtue."
"You feign guilt in order to justify yourself."
"The faith that acts not, is it truly faith?"
"Crime, like virtue, has its degrees."
"Vice, like virtue, Grows in small steps, and no true innocence Can ever fall at once to deepest guilt."
"I have loved him too much not to hate"
"According as the man is, so must you humour him."
"She wavers, she hesitates; in one word — she is a woman."