Confession Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Confession.
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“Confess and be hanged.”
“I own the soft impeachment.”
“Open Confession is good for the Soul.”
“He's half absolved, who has confessed.”
“It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.”
“The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.”
“Confess yourself to heaven;
Repent what's past; avoid what is to come.”
“There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.”
“Confess debt, and beg days.
Confessing a fault makes half amends for it.”
“Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.”
“A confession is wholly and incontestably voluntary only if a guilty person gives himself up to the law and becomes his own accuser.”
“Confess thee freely of thy sin;
For to deny each article with oath
Cannot remove nor choke the strong conception
That I do groan withal.”
“Proximum ab innocentia tenet locum verecunda peccati confessio.
• Translation: Confession of our faults is the next thing to innocence.”
“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.”
“Stan: But our friend Timmy can't really talk. All he can do is say his own name, so he can't really confess his sins. So is he goin' to go to hell?”
“If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein.”
“Stan: We're goin' to church. We've sinned and so we have to confess again.
Butters: Uh us too. Uh we saw a picture of a naked lady. We could see her whole beaver.
Clyde: Yeah. If we died right now, we'd have unclean souls and we'd burn in hell.
Butters: I mean, poor Timmy's gonna go to hell! He can't confess his sins, 'cause all he can say is his name!”