Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and the very magnitude of the crime the best excuse for doing nothing. Hannah Arendt
True confessions are written with tears only. But my tears would drown the world, as my inner fire would reduce it to ashes. Emil Cioran
The great modern novel of the comic-pathetic illusion of freedom is Confessions of Zeno. Italo Svevo
Every conceivable cruel method of blackmail was used against me to obtain by force and at all costs confessions and statements both about comrades who had been arrested, and about political activities. Ernst Thälmann
Thou hast confessions to listen, And bells to christen, And altars and dolls to dress; And fools to coax, And sinners to hoax, And beads and bones to bless; And great pardons to sell For those who pay well, And small ones for those who pay less. Robert Southey
Make your testimony and confessions while you're eating sausages and macaroni. Sicilian Proverb