"I shan't inflict any penance," said the clerical gentleman, collecting his heavy hat and umbrella with an air of some amusement; "quite the contrary. I came here specially to let you off the little penance which would otherwise have followed your little offence."英文原著 · 《The Wisdom of Father Brown》
Clayton had sat spellbound by the terrible earnestness of the man, and as the mountaineer swept his dark hair back with one hand, he rose in sudden horror. Across the mountaineer's forehead ran a crimson scar yet unhealed. Could he have inflicted upon himself this fearful penance?英文原著 · 《A Mountain Europa》
"Dear God!" she cried, bursting into tears, "Thou hearest! Has he been worthy of the prayers and penance I have lived in, wearing myself out to atone for his sins and my own?--Of what avail is virtue?"英文原著 · 《A Second Home》
Burglum might have added that Puritanism has made life itself impossible. More than art, more than estheticism, life represents beauty in a thousand variations; it is, indeed, a gigantic panorama of eternal change. Puritanism, on the other hand, rests on a fixed and immovable conception of life; it is based on the Calvinistic idea that life is a curse, imposed upon man by the wrath of God. In order to redeem himself man must do constant penance, must repudiate every natural and healthy impulse, and turn his back on joy and beauty.英文原著 · 《Anarchism and Other Essays》
I can no longer rightly shape the words. they-- Now I am calm, but truly there is no more to tell: the incident ends where it began--in darkness and in doubt. Yes, I am again in control of myself: 'the captain of my soul.' But that is not respite; it is another stage and phase of expiation. My penance, constant in de- gree, is mutable in kind: one of its variants is tran- quillity. After all, it is only a life-sentence. 'To Hell for life'--that is a foolish penalty: the culprit chooses the duration of his punishment. To-day my term expires. To each and all, the peace that was not mine.英文原著 · 《Can Such Things Be》
If you want your marriage to last, when your husband strays, you extract some suitable penance and get on with it.美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
What's the penance for accidentally shooting someone...美剧 · 《Shameless》
And this one says, as my penance, I'm resigning.美剧 · 《Suits》
And if we're two minutes late, let that be a small penance for all the ones we got wrong.美剧 · 《The News Room》