One is guilty of all abjection
that one does not help to relieve.
Jose Marti
There is a luxury
in self-reproach.
When we blame ourselves,
we feel that no one else
has a right to blame us.
It is the confession,
not the priest,
that gives us absolution.
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
essayist, and poet)
A guilty conscience
is the mother of invention.
Carolyn Wells
The most beautiful words
in the English language are
‘not guilty’.
Maxim Gorky
No guilt is forgotten
so long as the conscience
still knows of it.
Stefan Zweig
playwright, journalist and biographer)
Guilt is perhaps
the most painful
companion of death.
Coco Chanel
and businesswoman)
We have no choice
but to be guilty.
God is unthinkable
if we are innocent.
Archibald MacLeish
The worst guilt is
to accept an unearned guilt.
Ayn Rand
philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter)
Rulers who want to unleash war
know very well
that they must procure or invent
a first victim.
Elias Canetti
born in Ruse, Bulgaria,
and later a British citizen)
In this rat-race
everybody’s guilty
till proved innocent!
Bette Davis
television, and theatre)
