If thou dost slander her and torture me,
Never pray more; abandon all remorse;
On horror's head read more

If thou dost slander her and torture me,
Never pray more; abandon all remorse;
On horror's head horrors accumulate;
Do deeds to make heaven weep, all earth amazed;
For nothing canst thou to damnation add
Greater than that.

To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution.

To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution.

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue

Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell

Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness

Remorse goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in
adversity.
[Fr., Le remords s'endort durant read more

Remorse goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in
adversity.
[Fr., Le remords s'endort durant un destin prospere et s'aigrit
dans l'adversite.]

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence

One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence