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When we lose our individual independence in the corporateness of a mass movement, we find a new freedom — freedom to hate, bully, lie, torture,… — Eric Hoffer
Religion indeed enlightens, terrifies, subdues; it gives faith, it inflicts remorse, it inspires resolutions, it draws tears, it inflames devotion, but only for the occasion. — John Henry Newman
To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage. — William Blake
There is (as I now find) no remorse for time long past, even for what may have mortified us or made us ashamed of ourselves… — George Santayana
Remorse is the punishment of crime; repentance, its expiation. The former appertains to a tormented conscience; the latter to a soul changed for the better. — Joseph Joubert
Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse? — Ivan Turgenev
We've developed a very complex filing system for existence. We see things in terms of good or bad. We feel happiness, joy, pain, loss, guilt… — Frederick Lenz
Repentance is accepted remorse. — Sophie Swetchine
I take my chances. I can't cling to remorse or regret. — Mary Chapin Carpenter
No shame, no solution, no remorse, no retribution, just people selling t-shirts. — Don Henley
A jury could very well conclude that this is a case of buyer's remorse. — Ken Buck
Permanent remorse about failing to do your human duty, in my opinion, can be worse than losing your life. — Miep Gies
My trigger finger itching, positioned at your dome, one twitch and it's on. No remorse or second thoughts. — Snoop Dogg
But to deny fate is arrogance, to declare that we are the sole shapers of our existence is madness;if you deny fate life becomes the… — Oriana Fallaci
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, and… — William Makepeace Thackeray
I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man's moral senses. — William Makepeace Thackeray
The greatest chastisement that a man may receive who hath outraged another, is to have done the outrage; and there is no man who is… — Seneca the Younger
It is better to be affected with a true penitent sorrow for sin than to be able to resolve the most difficult cases about it. — Thomas a Kempis
The love of a dog for his master is notorious; in the agony of death he has been known to caress his master, and everyone… — Charles Darwin
Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage. — William Blake
There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost. — Benjamin Disraeli
Not even for an hour can you bear to be alone, nor can you advantageously apply your leisure time, but you endeavor, a fugitive and… — Horace
Sharp and fell remorse, the offspring of my sin! Why do you, O God, lacerate my heart so late? Why, O boding cries, that scream… — Pietro Metastasio
Remorse sleeps in the atmosphere of prosperity. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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