180.--Our repentance is not so much sorrow for the ill we have done as… — Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims — François de La Rochefoucauld

180.--Our repentance is not so much sorrow for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us.

Place: ¶310
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