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A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats read more
A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast, and tells all the sins of his life.
Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling - frightened read more
Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling - frightened you'll slip away.
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.
Confessed faults are half-mended.
Confessed faults are half-mended.
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
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.
Nor do we find him forward to be sounded,
But with a crafty madness keeps aloof
When read more
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.
Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.
Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.
