"Ah! it is well for the unfortunate to be resigned, but for the guilty there is no peace."

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English Author

Guilt, Resignation, Peace, Consequence

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"Ah! it is well for the unfortunate to be resigned, but for the guilty there is no peace."

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