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Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking.
Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking.
True repentance is to cease from sinning.
True repentance is to cease from sinning.
Repentance is good, but innocence better
Repentance is good, but innocence better
The sinning is the best part of repentance
The sinning is the best part of repentance
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.
Well, I'll repent, and that suddenly, while I am in some liking.
I shall be out of heart shortly, read more
Well, I'll repent, and that suddenly, while I am in some liking.
I shall be out of heart shortly, and then I shall have no
strength to repent.
But with the morning cool repentance came.
But with the morning cool repentance came.
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.
It is never too late to turn from the errors of our ways:
He who repents of his sins read more
It is never too late to turn from the errors of our ways:
He who repents of his sins is almost innocent.
[Lat., Nam sera nunquam est ad bonos mores via.
Quem peonitet peccasse, paene est innocens.]