| | |

remorse quotes

English (5) Français (4)

edits filters

“Remorse is impotence, impotence which sins again. Repentance alone is powerful; it ends all.” Honoré de Balzac, Séraphîta
“remorse is the poison of life.” Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
“It is well for the unfortunate to be resigned, but for the guilty there is no peace. The agonies of remorse poison the luxury there is otherwise sometimes found in indulging the excess of grief.” Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
“Urge them while their souls are capable of this ambition, lest zeal, now melted by the windy breath of soft petitions, pity, and remorse, cool and congeal again to what it was.” William Shakespeare, King John
“So farewell, hope; and with hope farewell, fear; farewell, remorse!” John Milton, Paradise Lost

Related topics

power repentance life fear hope grief ambition guilt pity poison

Related authors

William Shakespeare (1)
John Milton (1)
Mary Shelley (1)
Charlotte Brontë (1)
Honoré de Balzac (1)

Related sources

Paradise Lost (1)
Jane Eyre (1)
Frankenstein (1)
King John (1)
Séraphîta (1)