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The sinning is the best part of repentance
The sinning is the best part of repentance
When iron scourge, and tort'ring hour
The bad affright, afflict the best.
When iron scourge, and tort'ring hour
The bad affright, afflict the best.
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.
True repentance is to cease from sinning.
True repentance is to cease from sinning.
If you have sinned, do not lie down without repentance; for the want of repentance after one has sinned makes read more
If you have sinned, do not lie down without repentance; for the want of repentance after one has sinned makes the heart yet harder and harder
When prodigals return great things are done.
When prodigals return great things are done.
REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is read more
REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin.
When the scourge
Inexorable, and the torturing hour
Calls us to penance.
When the scourge
Inexorable, and the torturing hour
Calls us to penance.
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.
