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Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.
Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
A confession has to be part of your new life.
A confession has to be part of your new life.
To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.
To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.
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.
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.
Confessed faults are half-mended.
Confessed faults are half-mended.
Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.
Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.
Nor do we find him forward to be sounded,
But with a crafty madness keeps aloof
When read more
Nor do we find him forward to be sounded,
But with a crafty madness keeps aloof
When we would bring him on to some confession
Of his true state.