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Who after his transgression doth repent,
Is halfe, or altogether, innocent.
Who after his transgression doth repent,
Is halfe, or altogether, innocent.
When prodigals return great things are done.
When prodigals return great things are done.
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.
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance is good, but innocence better
Repentance is good, but innocence better
Bad men are full of repentance.
Bad men are full of repentance.
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.]
Whoever . . . prefers the service of princes before his duty to
his Creator, will be sure, early read more
Whoever . . . prefers the service of princes before his duty to
his Creator, will be sure, early or late, to repent in vain.
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.