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    What then? What rests?
    Try what repentance can. What can it not?
    Yet what can it when one cannot repent?
    O wretched state? O bosom black as death!
    O limed soul, that struggling to be free
    Art more engaged!

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From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.

From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.

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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.

by Josh Billings Found in: Repentance Quotes,
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It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.

It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Repentance Quotes,
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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.

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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.

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Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking.

Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking.

by Moorish Proverb Found in: Repentance Quotes,
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God never repents of what He has first resolved upon.
[Lat., Nec unquam primi consilii deos peonitet.]

God never repents of what He has first resolved upon.
[Lat., Nec unquam primi consilii deos peonitet.]

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True repentance is to cease from sinning.

True repentance is to cease from sinning.

by Ambrose Of Milan Found in: Repentance Quotes,
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Some often repent, yet never reform; they resemble a man traveling in a dangerous path, who frequently starts and stops, read more

Some often repent, yet never reform; they resemble a man traveling in a dangerous path, who frequently starts and stops, but never turns back

by Bonnell Thornton Found in: Repentance Quotes,
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