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“When his apprenticeship was finished (the candidate for Knighthood) was received into the Knightly Order by a ritual of sacramental awe.”

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Ariel Durant

Ariel Durant was a distinguished American historian and philosopher, co-authoring the multi-volume work 'The Story of Civilization' with his wife, Will Durant. Their collaborative effort, spanning over 30 years, covered the history of humankind from ancient times to the 20th century. Born on May 10, 1898, in Chicago, Illinois, Durant attended the University of Chicago and earned a degree in philosophy. He began his career in writing and publishing, contributing to various magazines and newspapers. In 1927, he married Will Durant, and together they embarked on their monumental project. Durant passed away on October 25, 1981. more

“Monsters, among other brutes, are the ones without guilt feelings. Perhaps Hitler did not have any, or Himmler, or Stalin. Maybe Mafia bosses do not have any guilt feelings either, or maybe their remains are just well hidden in the cellar. Even aborted guilt feelings...All men need guilt feelings.”

Men Needs Wells Feelings Remains Guilt Monsters Boss Mafia Brutes Cellars Either Or Guilt Feelings Himmler

Book:On conscience: two essays

Source: On conscience: two essays

“After eating a hundred mice, the cat makes a hadj to Mecca.”

Eating Hundred Cat Guilt Mice Mecca

Book:The Tiger Claw

Source: The Tiger Claw

“If a man has beheld evil, he may know that it was shown to him in order that he learn his own guilt and repent; for what is shown to him is also within him.”

Ifs Knows Men May Order Evil Guilt Repent

Author:Baal Shem Tov

“We make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars; as if we were villians by compulsion.”

Ifs Stars Sun Moon Guilt Disaster Guilty Compulsion Lear Knaves Evasion

Book:King Lear: Easyread Comfort Edition

Source: King Lear: Easyread Comfort Edition

“My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent.”

Strong Stronger Guilt Defeat

Book:The works of Shakespeare in seven volumes

Source: The works of Shakespeare in seven volumes

“Let no guilty man escape, if it can he avoided. . . . No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.”

Ifs Men Way Should Duty Guilt Guilty Performing Consideration Avoided

Author:Ulysses S. Grant

“Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold; His genuine and less guilty wealth t' explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore.”

Wealth Gold Guilt Bottom Genuine Guilty Streams Shore Surveys Resemblance Amber Foam Gravel

Author:John Denham

“Thy steady temper, Portius, Can look on guilt, rebellion, fraud, and Cæsar, In the calm lights of mild philosophy.”

Looks Philosophy Light Guilt Calm Rebellion Fraud Steady Temper Sars

Book:Cato: A tragedy in five acts

Source: Cato: A tragedy in five acts

“When a man has been guilty of any vice or folly, the best atonement he can make for it is to warn others not to fall into the like.”

Men Has Beens Fall Guilt Vices Guilty Folly Atonement

Book:Works, including the whole contents of Bp. Hurd's edition: withletters and other pieces not found in any previous collection; and Macaulay's essay on his life and works

Source: Works, including the whole contents of Bp. Hurd's edition: withletters and other pieces not found in any previous collection; and Macaulay's essay on his life and works

“Faith is illuminative, not operative; it does not force obedience, though it increases responsibility; it heightens guilt, but it does not prevent sin. The will is the source of action.”

Doe Action Force Sin Responsibility Source Increase Guilt Obedience

Book:Lectures of certain difficulties felt by anglicans in submitting to the Catholic Church

Source: Lectures of certain difficulties felt by anglicans in submitting to the Catholic Church

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