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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.

Take care not to begin anything of which you may repent.

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.

The wolf was sick, he vowed a monk to be: But when he got well, a wolf once more was he.

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Repentance may be old-fashioned, but it is not outdated so long as there is sin.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.

Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.

Repentance is another name for aspiration.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.