Repentance is a grace of God's Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed

Repentance is a grace of God's Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed

Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]

Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]

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.

It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.

It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.

Repentance is good, but innocence better

Repentance is good, but innocence better

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.]

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.

True repentance is to cease from sinning.

True repentance is to cease from sinning.