The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
An excuse not requested betrays the guilt of him who makes it. (Roman)
An unrequested excuse infers guilt. (Malaysian)
God finds out the guilty. (Roman)
He confesses his guilt who flees from his trial. (Roman)
He declares himself guilty who justifies himself before being accused. (English)
He who flees, proves himself guilty. (Danish)
He who is guilty believes that all men speak ill of him. (Italian)
He who makes excuses accuses himself. (Spanish)
He who takes it to himself, he it is who has done the act. (Roman)
How difficult it is not to betray guilt by our looks. (Roman)
How near to guilt a man may approach without being guilty. (Roman)
Measure your guilt, then stretch your legs. (Arabian)
Refrain from laying the guilt of the few upon the many. (Roman)
The act does not make the person guilty, unless the mind be guilty. (Roman)
The fearful face usually betrays great guilt. (Roman)
The guilt which is committed by many must pass unpunished. (Roman)
The innocent are free from fear; but the guilty have always the dread of punishment before their eyes. (Roman)
The receiver is as guilty as the stealer. (German)
Who flees the law admits his guilt. (Spanish)
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