Pentimento: Redemption Explained in Ten Words or Less

Friday, June 12, 2009

"Every saint has a past and every sinner a future."
-- Oscar Wilde

H/T: McNamara's Blog

Maclin said...: This is a more succinct and elegant way of making a point much like C.S. Lewis's, when he said (roughly) the important thing is less the current state of one's soul than the direction in which one is moving.; June 15, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Pentimento said...: It's funny, Wilde also had a character in "The Importance of Being Earnest" say that he liked women with a past and men with a future. This quote is sort of a "baptized" version, I guess.; June 15, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Dave said...: I've used that quote frequently.; June 22, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Mark D. said...: So that's where this quote comes from! I have heard and used that saying for years and didn't know from whence it originated! Thanks so much for pointing this out!

Great blog too, by the way. I am going to add you to my blogroll. Do you reciprocate links?

Cheers!; July 1, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Pentimento said...: Hi Mark -- I add blogs to my blogroll that I particularly like. I particularly like yours, so it's going on the list!; July 2, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Mark D. said...: Thanks! I've got you on my blogroll now as well. I really enjoy your blog -- what great reading material! Thank you so much for these wonderful posts.; July 2, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Pentimento said...: Thanks for your kind words, Mark.; July 2, 2009 at 10:59 PM