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Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it
Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it
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 pain of sin.
Remorse is the pain of sin.
Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell
Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell
Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.
Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.
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.
High minds, of native pride and force,
Most deeply feel thy pangs, Remorse;
Fear, for their scourge, read more
High minds, of native pride and force,
Most deeply feel thy pangs, Remorse;
Fear, for their scourge, means villains have,
Thou art the torturer of the brave!
One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence
One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence