• Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.

  Peter de Vries
  American writer 1910-1993
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. confession
2. palliative
3. rather
4. remedy

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Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy. by : Peter de Vries

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