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The sinning is the best part of repentance
The sinning is the best part of repentance
He comes never late who comes repentant.
He comes never late who comes repentant.
But with the morning cool repentance came.
But with the morning cool repentance came.
Restore to God His due in tithe and time;
A tithe purloin'd cankers the whole estate.
Restore to God His due in tithe and time;
A tithe purloin'd cankers the whole estate.
True repentance is to cease from sinning.
True repentance is to cease from sinning.
O ye powers that search
The heart of man, and weigh his inmost thoughts,
If I have read more
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.
When the scourge
Inexorable, and the torturing hour
Calls us to penance.
When the scourge
Inexorable, and the torturing hour
Calls us to penance.
Some often repent, yet never reform; they resemble a man traveling in a dangerous path, who frequently starts and stops, read more
Some often repent, yet never reform; they resemble a man traveling in a dangerous path, who frequently starts and stops, but never turns back
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.
