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Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
He comes never late who comes repentant.
He comes never late who comes repentant.
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.
Forethought is easy, repentance hard.
Forethought is easy, repentance hard.
Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking.
Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking.
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
The sinning is the best part of repentance
The sinning is the best part of repentance
Remorse is impotence, it will sin again. Only repentance is strong, it can end everything.
Remorse is impotence, it will sin again. Only repentance is strong, it can end everything.
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.