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 goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in
adversity.
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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.]

One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence

One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence

Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell.

Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell.

Remorse is as the heart in which it grows;
If that be gentle, it drops balmy dews
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Remorse is as the heart in which it grows;
If that be gentle, it drops balmy dews
Of true repentance; but if proud and gloomy,
It is the poison tree, that pierced to the inmost,
Weeps only tears of poison.

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Remorse is the pain of sin.

Remorse is the pain of sin.

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.

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