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Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.
From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.
To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes
the virtuous from the wicked.
[It., D'uomo read more
To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes
the virtuous from the wicked.
[It., D'uomo e il fallir, ma dal malvagio il buono
Scerne il dolor del fallo.]
Take care not to begin anything of which you may repent.
[Lat., Cave ne quidquam incipias, quod post poeniteat.]
Take care not to begin anything of which you may repent.
[Lat., Cave ne quidquam incipias, quod post poeniteat.]
I do not buy repentance at so heavy a cost as a thousand
drachmae.
I do not buy repentance at so heavy a cost as a thousand
drachmae.
Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.
Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.
When the scourge
Inexorable, and the torturing hour
Calls us to penance.
When the scourge
Inexorable, and the torturing hour
Calls us to penance.
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
Forethought is easy, repentance hard.
Forethought is easy, repentance hard.
