I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
PLAUTUS
PLAUTUS
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PlautusPlautus I love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar.
PlautusPlautus Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
PlautusPlautus Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
PlautusPlautus How great in number are the little minded men.
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PlautusPlautus He means well’ is useless unless he does well.
PlautusPlautus A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
PlautusPlautus Let deeds correspond with words.
PlautusPlautus Where there are friends there is wealth.
PlautusPlautus If you speak insults you will hear them also.
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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote But I have my life, I’m living it. It’s twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, there’s something there.
Banana YoshimotoBanana Yoshimoto I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.
Ben HechtBen Hecht Were Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
Timothy KellerTimothy Keller Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
Barbara CorcoranBarbara Corcoran Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
William CowperWilliam Cowper And natural in gesture; much impress’d Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
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