“There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.”
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Gilbert Parker3
Canadian novelist and British politician 1862–1932Related quotes
“Repentance for one's evil deeds is the safeguard of life.”
Democritus Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
Gregory Maguire book Son of a Witch
Source: Son of a Witch
“If one good deed in all my life I did,
I do repent it from my very soul.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet
William Booth (1829–1912) British Methodist preacher
Variant: I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be.... religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God and heaven without hell.
“Our spirit is mightier than the filth of our memories.”
Melina Marchetta (1965) Australian teen writer
Source: Quintana of Charyn
“Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds …”
George Eliot book Adam Bede
Source: Adam Bede (1859)
Context: Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds...