Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows. (Lucretius)

Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.

Lucretius

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