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It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.

Josh Billings

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Josh Billings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 21
Died: 1885
Died: October 14
Humorist
Writer
Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
Repentance
Sins
Commit
Committed
Sin
Easier
Much
Repent
Intend

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