Honoré de Balzac: Remorse is impotence, impotence which sins again. Repentance alone is powerful; it ends all.

Remorse is impotence, impotence which sins again. Repentance alone is powerful; — Honoré de Balzac

Remorse is impotence, impotence which sins again. Repentance alone is powerful; it ends all.

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