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

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

That it may please you leave these sad designs
To him that hath most cause to be a mourner,
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That it may please you leave these sad designs
To him that hath most cause to be a mourner,
And presently repair to Crosby House;
Where--after I have solemnly interred
At Chertsey monast'ry with noble king--
And wet his grave with my repentant tears--
I will with all expedient duty see you.

Under your good correction, I have seen
When, after execution, judgment hath
Repented o'er his doom.

Under your good correction, I have seen
When, after execution, judgment hath
Repented o'er his doom.

Remorse is impotence, it will sin again. Only repentance is strong, it can end everything.

Remorse is impotence, it will sin again. Only repentance is strong, it can end everything.

Repentance is good, but innocence better

Repentance is good, but innocence better

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.

Bad men are full of repentance.

Bad men are full of repentance.

He comes never late who comes repentant.

He comes never late who comes repentant.

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

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