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From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.
From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.
Forethought is easy, repentance hard.
Forethought is easy, repentance hard.
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.
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
To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent!
To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent!
Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking
Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking
That it may please you leave these sad designs
To him that hath most cause to be a mourner,
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That it may please you leave these sad designs
To him that hath most cause to be a mourner,
And presently repair to Crosby House;
Where--after I have solemnly interred
At Chertsey monast'ry with noble king--
And wet his grave with my repentant tears--
I will with all expedient duty see you.
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
