A bad conscience makes a very good ghost.

Hope Mirrlees
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A bad conscience makes a very good ghost. A ghost is the spirit of a person after death. When a person has a bad conscience, they will be haunted by their past mistakes and continue to have to live with that constant feeling of guilt or shame even after they have died. The saying indicates that a person can have a bad conscience and still be haunted by it as if it were alive and will continue to haunt them even after they are dead.

Source: Ludinthemist

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