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“Without guilt / What is a man? An animal, isn't he? / A wolf forgiven at his meat, / A beetle innocent in his copulation.”

Men Animal Guilt Innocent Meat Forgiven Beetles

Author:Archibald MacLeish

“What has here happened is that the instinct of cruelty, which has turned inwards, has become self-torture, and all man's animal instincts have been reinterpreted as guilt towards God. Every Nay man utters to his nature, to his real being, he flings out as a Yea, an affirmation of reality applied to God's sanctity”

Men Has Beens Real Self Reality Animal Happened Guilt Instinct Cruelty Torture Affirmation Sanctity Fling Animal Instinct

Book:Friedrich Nietzsche (English Edition)

Source: Friedrich Nietzsche (English Edition)

“There is seemingly no biological benefit to acting with conscience; if there were, only moral individuals would survive and procreate. Sadly, we know that's not true. The benefit of conscience is that you won't suffer guilt (private) or shame (public), and that by your own self-imposed definition, you are a moral human, a special kind of animal who takes unique pride in elevating him/herself above the termites.”

Source: How Could You Do That?!: Abdication of Character, Courage, Consci

“The first day I walked into prison, and he slammed that door, I knew the magnitude of the decision that I made, and the poor judgment, and what I allowed to happen to the animals. And, you know, its no way of explaining the hurt and the guilt that I felt. And that was the reason I cried so many nights.”

Knows Way Firsts Made Reason Happens Night Felt Hurt Decision Animal Poor Doors Judgment Prison Guilt Cried Explaining Magnitude

Author:Michael Vick

“I think a bird is the worst present you can give somebody because it's guilt-ridden. This animal has the gift of flight, and you put it in a cage and watch it not do that until it dies.”

Thinking Giving Dies Animal Watches Worst Bird Guilt Flight Cages

Author:Kyle Dunnigan

“Guilt is what separates humans from animals.”

Humans Animal Guilt

Book:Every Last One: A Novel

Source: Every Last One: A Novel