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blame quotes

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“Wrong hath but wrong, and blame the due of blame.” William Shakespeare, Richard III
“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
“It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.” George Eliot, Middlemarch
“I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world.” W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage
“The wish to acquire is in truth very natural and common, and men always do so when they can, and for this they will be praised not blamed; but when they cannot do so, yet wish to do so by any means, then there is folly and blame.” Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

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responsibility absolution confession forgiveness justice guilt wrong praise wish gain pardon condemnation reproach

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William Shakespeare (1)
Oscar Wilde (1)
George Eliot (1)
W. Somerset Maugham (1)
Niccolò Machiavelli (1)

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Middlemarch (1)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1)
Of Human Bondage (1)
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