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Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

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Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps. ↗

— William Blake

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