Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff--it is a read more

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff--it is a palliative rather than a remedy.

To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.

To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.

Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.

Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

Nor do we find him forward to be sounded,
But with a crafty madness keeps aloof
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Nor do we find him forward to be sounded,
But with a crafty madness keeps aloof
When we would bring him on to some confession
Of his true state.

I own the soft impeachment.

I own the soft impeachment.