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

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend read more

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.

When prodigals return great things are done.

When prodigals return great things are done.

Repentance may be old-fashioned, but it is not outdated so long as there is sin.

Repentance may be old-fashioned, but it is not outdated so long as there is sin.

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.

Repentance is good, but innocence better

Repentance is good, but innocence better

The dream is short, repentance long.
[Ger., Der Wahn ist kurtz, die Reu ist lang.]

The dream is short, repentance long.
[Ger., Der Wahn ist kurtz, die Reu ist lang.]

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.

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.