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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.
From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.
From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.
He [Cato] used to say that in all his life he never repented but
of three things. The first read more
He [Cato] used to say that in all his life he never repented but
of three things. The first was that he had trusted a woman with
a secret; the second that he had gone by sea when he might have
gone by land; and the third, that had passed one day without
having a will by him.
It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.
It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.
He comes never late who comes repentant.
He comes never late who comes repentant.
When prodigals return great things are done.
When prodigals return great things are done.
Woman, amends may never come to late.
Woman, amends may never come to late.
To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent!
To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent!
The dream is short, repentance long.
[Ger., Der Wahn ist kurtz, die Reu ist lang.]
The dream is short, repentance long.
[Ger., Der Wahn ist kurtz, die Reu ist lang.]
