Quotes of: Guilty-conscience Keyword

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.

Leo Tolstoy

I wish I could say I felt guilty for what I did. I don't.

Divergent

Or was their guilt written plainly, and for all the world to see, across their face? Was it their face, in fact, for which they were guilty?

The Buddha in the Attic

Death, you know, keeps secrets better even than a guilty Roman.

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Trayvon Martin, at the most, seems only to have been guilty of being himself.

Illuminated Corners: Collected Essays and Articles Volume I.

I knew nothing of death, and, for some unexplainable reason, I was beginning to feel guilty for that. -Jessica

Minutes Before Sunset

A rainy day is like a lovely gift -- you can sleep late and not feel guilty.

Mr. Wrong

Holidays were invented so single women could overeat without feeling guilty.

Mr. Wrong

Feel guilty. Mourn this. But move on. Don't let it destroy you. Forgive yourself.

Last Sacrifice

A guilty person sometimes has the luck to escape detection, but never to feel sure of it.

Letters from a Stoic

Only afterward did the guilt set in--the guilt that for a few minutes he let himself stop feeling guilty.

The Siren

I couldn't quite understand how an ordinary man's good qualities could become crushing accusations against a guilty man.

The Stranger

Sometimes the guilty one is not the person who has committed the crime, but the person who has created the possibility for it to be committed.

Trust: Betrayed

Keep the personal, personal and do not be guilty of spreading bad feelings.

Oops! Did I Really Post That

Laughter is good for you. Nine out of ten stand-up comedians recommend laughter in the face of intense stupidity.

Proven Guilty

I had about as much chance to do that as I did of backpacking my car to the top of Mount Rushmore.

Proven Guilty

You don't have to make fun of it." "Actually I do," I said. "I make fun of almost everything.

Proven Guilty

After all, the fundamental question of philosophy (like that of psychoanalysis) is the same as the question of the detective novel: who is guilty?

Postscript to the Name of the Rose

It is not really hard to do nothing. Many can. The hard part is doing nothing without feeling guilty about it.

Things That Matter

I've had too much money to be able to tell who my friends are...

Until Proven Guilty

In an extroverted society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until proven innocent.

Venus in Arms