Crime Quote by Anonymous

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Remorse is sorrow over being caught and the pain of consequences that follow. Repentance is not being concerned for ourselves but having a contrite…

— Charles R. Swindoll

There's a difference between remorse and repentance. Remorse is being sorry for being caught. Repentance is being sorry enough to stop.

— Greg Laurie

Remorse is impotent; it will repeat its faults. Repentance only is a true force; it puts an end to everything.

— Honore de Balzac

Remorse is the fruit of crime.

— Juvenal

Punishment closely follows guilt as its companion.

— Horace

Our repentances are generally not so much a concern and remorse for the harm we have done, as a fear of the harm we…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Remorse is the punishment of crime; repentance, its expiation. The former appertains to a tormented conscience; the latter to a soul changed for the…

— Joseph Joubert

One's conscience reproaches one much more stingingly for one's follies than one's crimes.

— Geraldine Jewsbury

Remorse of conscience is like an old wound; a man is in no condition to fight under such circumstances. The pain abates his vigor…

— Jeremy Collier

For my part, I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man's moral senses,--the very easiest to be deadened when wakened,…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Repentance is accepted remorse.

— Sophie Swetchine