Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence. Dorothy Dix
The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savours less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people’s virtues. William Hazlitt
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution. Oscar Wilde
Between lovers a little confession is a dangerous thing. Helen Rowland
Acting is a form of confession. Tallulah Bankhead
A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession. Albert Camus
When you go to confession and entrust your sins to the safe-keeping of the priest, do you ever come back for them? Jean Baudrillard