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There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession
There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.
A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to read more
A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men.
Open confession is good for the soul.
Open confession is good for the soul.
We confess to little faults only to persuade others that we have no great ones.
We confess to little faults only to persuade others that we have no great ones.
People mistake their limitations for high standards.
People mistake their limitations for high standards.
A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats read more
A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast, and tells all the sins of his life.
Never find fault with the absent.
Never find fault with the absent.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults; And, for the most, become much more the better For being read more
They say, best men are moulded out of faults; And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad.
