François de La Rochefoucauld Quote

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


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)


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

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

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

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