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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.
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.
Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking
Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking
Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of read more
Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.
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.]
The sinning is the best part of repentance
The sinning is the best part of repentance
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.
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.
