Good God, if our civilization were to sober up for a couple of days it'd die of remorse on the third.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind.
If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.
It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of Time, get drunk; get drunk without stopping! On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish.
Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time.
It is the hour to be drunken! to escape being the martyred slaves of time, be ceaselessly drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish.
Remorse is the pain of sin.
Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness.
There is a drunkenness to grief, which is good.