mend one's ways
Example Sentences
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Confucius said: “Not to mend one’s ways when one has erred is to err indeed.”
From New York Times
“Not to mend one’s ways when one has erred is to err indeed,” he admonished.
From Washington Post
"It's a virtue to acknowledge one's mistakes and mend one's ways, and crying is seen as a symbol of that."
From Salon
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