Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends.
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Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person; if her face is so shocking that she must in some degree be conscious of it, her figure and her air, she trusts, make ample amends for it.
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It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.
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True repentance means making amends with the person when at all possible.
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I talk to you as to a friend I hope that's what you've come to be It feels as though we've made amends Like we found a way eventually It was you who picked the pieces up When I was a broken soul And then glued me back together Returned to me what others stole.
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Vanquished in life, his death By beauty made amends: The passing of his breath Won his defeated ends.
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History makes us some amends for the shortness of life.
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