George Sewell Quotes

Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.

There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.

I'd feel guilty just doing gags.

I carry lots of guilt.

I feel terrible about it. Part of it is the horror of what happened and part of it is my guilt about being a part of it.

I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing.

There's so much guilt there attached to having a perfectly good life.

What is guilt? Guilt is the pledge drive constantly hammering in our heads that keeps us from fully enjoying the show. Guilt is the reason they put the articles in Playboy.

The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.

Guilt hath very quick ears to an accusation.

I was tormented with guilt for years and years. In fact, it was so bad that if I didn't feel wrong, I didn't feel right!

I'm not actually sure if guilt is an emotion.

Guilt is a serious appetite killer.

I have never done anything which I feel guilty about or wish I had not done it.

Few things are as bad as a guilty conscience.

Guilt and no guilt: these were the worst things. The only thing worse than the guilt was the fear of getting caught.

They whose guilt within their bosom lies, imagine every eye beholds their blame.

Guilt, on the contrary, like a base thief, suspects every eye that beholds him to be privy to his transgressions, and every tongue that mentions his name to be proclaiming them.

I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.

I'm ashamed of what I did.

If anyone has a conscience it's generally a guilty one.

Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.

Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.

I should have worked harder in my life. I suffer from a guilt complex.

Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind.