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    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.

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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.

by Josh Billings Found in: Repentance Quotes,
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To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes
the virtuous from the wicked.
[It., D'uomo read more

To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes
the virtuous from the wicked.
[It., D'uomo e il fallir, ma dal malvagio il buono
Scerne il dolor del fallo.]

by Vittorio Alfieri Found in: Repentance Quotes,
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True repentance is to cease from sinning.

True repentance is to cease from sinning.

by Ambrose Of Milan Found in: Repentance Quotes,
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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.

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To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent!

To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent!

by George Crabbe Found in: Repentance Quotes,
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He comes never late who comes repentant.

He comes never late who comes repentant.

by Juan De Horozco Found in: Repentance Quotes,
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Bad men are full of repentance.

Bad men are full of repentance.

by Aristotle Found in: Repentance Quotes,
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He [Cato] used to say that in all his life he never repented but
of three things. The first read more

He [Cato] used to say that in all his life he never repented but
of three things. The first was that he had trusted a woman with
a secret; the second that he had gone by sea when he might have
gone by land; and the third, that had passed one day without
having a will by him.

by Plutarch Found in: Repentance Quotes,
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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.

by A.a. Dowty Found in: Repentance Quotes,
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