Quotes about remorse

"Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness."

Bryant, William C. on remorse   

"Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue."

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G. on remorse
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"Remorse begets reform."

Cowper, William on remorse   

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"To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution."

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth on remorse   

"Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it."

Mencken, H. L. on remorse
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"Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell."

Moore, George on remorse   

"One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence."

Nash, Ogden on remorse   

"Remorse is the pain of sin."

Parker, Theodore on remorse