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Guilt, on the contrary, like a base thief, suspects every eye that beholds him to be privy to his transgressions, and every tongue that mentions his name to be proclaiming them.

Henry Fielding
Eye, Names, Guilt
Henry Fielding (1752). “Amelia: By Henry Fielding, Esq; In four volumes. ...”, p.44
Guilt, on the contrary, like a base thief, suspects every eye that beholds him to be privy to his transgressions, and every tongue that mentions his name to be proclaiming them.