Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame. ~ Jean Jacques Rousseau
To spare the guilty is to injure the innocent. ~ Publilius Syrus
The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
The innocent are free from fear, but the guilty always the dread of punishment before their eyes. ~ Author Unknown
The hands of the guilty don’t necessarily tremble; only in stories does a dropped glass betray agitation. Tension is more often shown in the studied action. ~ Graham Greene
The guilty think all talk is of themselves. ~ Geoffrey Chaucer
The difference between guilt and shame is very clear—in theory. We feel guilty for what we do. We feel shame for what we are. ~ Lewis B. Smedes
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer. ~ William Shakespeare Quotes
Sin, guilt, neurosis — they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge. ~ Henry Miller Quotes
Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some of the most refined and elegant qualities of human potential. ~ Willard Gaylen
Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood. ~ Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent. ~ George Orwell Quotes
Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose. ~ Latin Proverbs
No punishment is so terrible as prosperous guilt. ~ William E. Channing
No guilt is forgotten so long as the conscience still knows of it. ~ Stefan Zweig
My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted. ~ Franz Kafka
Measure your guilt, and then stretch your legs. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverbs
Life without industry is guilt. Industry without Art is Brutality. ~ John Ruskin
Let us not search for the guilty ones only among others, let us speak the bitter truth: we are all guilty … each and every one of us. ~ Maxim Gorky
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape. ~ Thomas Jefferson Quotes
It is cruelty to the innocent not to punish the guilty. ~ Syrian Proverbs
It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer. ~ Sir William Blackstone
Innocence is the weakest defense. Innocence has a single voice that can only say over and over again, “I didn’t do it.” Guilt has a thousand voices, all of them lies. ~ Leonard F. Peltier
If you need someone to blame, throw a rock in the air, you’ll hit someone guilty. ~ U2
If allowed to be, the heart is self-policing, and a reasonable measure of guilt guards against corruption. ~ Dean Koontz
I was always fraught with guilt, and it’s such a waste of an emotion. It keeps you out of the moment of being where you are. ~ Kyra Sedgwick
I hear much of people’s calling out to punish the guilty, but very few are concerned to clear the innocent. ~ Daniel Defoe
He who is guilty has much to say. ~ Ghanaian Proverbs
He who helps the guilty, shares the crime. ~ Publilius Syrus
He who has approved of wrongdoing is as guilty as he who has committed it. ~ Arabian Proverbs
He is guilty who is not at home. ~ Ukrainian Proverbs
Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal. ~ Bishop Robert South
Guilt is universal. ~ Tennessee Williams Quotes
Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind with whips and stings. ~ Nicholas Rowe
Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death. ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Guilt is oftentimes the strongest witness against itself. ~ Edward Counsel
Guilt is always present to the mind (of the guilty). ~ Edward Counsel
Guilt is a rope that wears thin. ~ Ayn Rand
Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt. ~ William Cowper
Forbear to lay the guilt of a few on the many. ~ Ovid
Everyone is innocent until he is proved guilty. ~ Traditional Proverbs
Every guilty person is his own hangman. ~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca
By working hard, you get to play hard, guilt-free. ~ Jim Rohn
Better to be guilty in the eyes of men than in the eyes of God. ~ Malagasy Proverbs
Bad children? Guilty parents! ~ Myanmar Proverbs
A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone. ~ Benjamin Whichcote
A guilty conscience needs no accuser. ~ English Proverbs
A guilty conscience is a hidden enemy. ~ American Indian Proverbs
