To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.


Rosmunda, III, 1; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 665.


To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.

To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.

To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.

To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.