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Woman, amends may never come to late.
Woman, amends may never come to late.
O ye powers that search
The heart of man, and weigh his inmost thoughts,
If I have read more
O ye powers that search
The heart of man, and weigh his inmost thoughts,
If I have done amiss, impute it not!
The best may err, but you are good.
Under your good correction, I have seen
When, after execution, judgment hath
Repented o'er his doom.
Under your good correction, I have seen
When, after execution, judgment hath
Repented o'er his doom.
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.
Forethought is easy, repentance hard.
Forethought is easy, repentance hard.
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.
It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.
It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
