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February Confession Day |
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Confession Day Quotation A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession. People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence. Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession. People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time. Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness. I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be good or evil, has been done freely; I am a free agent. Between lovers a little confession is a dangerous thing. The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works. There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.
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