Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed read more

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of read more

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them

Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling - frightened read more

Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling - frightened you'll slip away.

A confession has to be part of your new life.

A confession has to be part of your new life.

Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.

Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession

Confess yourself to heaven,
Repent what's past, avoid what is to come,
And do not spread the read more

Confess yourself to heaven,
Repent what's past, avoid what is to come,
And do not spread the compost on the weeds
To make them ranker.