Quotation Explorer - 'Confesses'

He that jokes confesses. - Italian Proverb
Man confesses God forgives - ABC
Through cruelty force confesses its powerlessness to achieve omnipotence . . . We see weakness dawning at the very height of force. Unable to admit that total destruction is impossible, the conqueror can only reply to the mute defiance of his defenseless adversary with an ever-growing violence. - Rachel Bespaloff
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