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“APOLOGIZE, v.i. To lay the foundation for a future offence.” Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
“I'll so offend, to make offence a skill; redeeming time, when men think least I will.” William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1
“The weapons of divine justice are blunted by the confession and sorrow of the offender.” Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy
“I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offences at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in.” William Shakespeare, Hamlet
“The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?” William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
“People could put up with being bitten by a wolf but what properly riled them was a bite from a sheep.” James Joyce, Ulysses
“Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offence. Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That wants it down.” Robert Frost, Mending Wall

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confession desire pride sorrow ambition hurting apology dangerousness wall redemption redeeming

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William Shakespeare (3)
Dante Alighieri (1)
James Joyce (1)
Ambrose Bierce (1)
Robert Frost (1)

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Divine Comedy (1)
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Measure for Measure (1)
Mending Wall (1)
Henry IV, Part 1 (1)
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