Quotes
Quotes about Pen
He comes never late who comes repentant.
When the scourge Inexorable, and the torturing hour Calls us to penance.
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.
The dream is short, repentance long. [Ger., Der Wahn ist kurtz, die Reu ist lang.]
But with the morning cool repentance came.
It is never too late to turn from the errors of our ways: He who repents of his sins is almost innocent. [Lat., Nam sera nunquam est ad bonos mores via. Quem peonitet peccasse, paene est innocens.]
God never repents of what He has first resolved upon. [Lat., Nec unquam primi consilii deos peonitet.]
What then? What rests? Try what repentance can. What can it not? Yet what can it when one cannot repent? O wretched state? O bosom black as death! O limed soul, that struggling to be free Art more engaged!
Well, I'll repent, and that suddenly, while I am in some liking. I shall be out of heart shortly, and then I shall have no strength to repent.
Under your good correction, I have seen When, after execution, judgment hath Repented o'er his doom.
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.
Repentance follows hasty counsels. [Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Take care not to begin anything of which you may repent. [Lat., Cave ne quidquam incipias, quod post poeniteat.]
Amid the roses, fierce Repentance rears Her snaky crest; a quick-returning pang Shoots through the conscious heart.
True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
Forethought is easy, repentance hard.
From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.
Repentance may be old-fashioned, but it is not outdated so long as there is sin.
Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking.
REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin.
Remorse is impotence, it will sin again. Only repentance is strong, it can end everything.
True repentance is to cease from sinning.
Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.
It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.
Repentance is another name for aspiration.
