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Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.

Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”
Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.