What fruit had you then in those things of which you are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
If even the recollection of your former slavery makes you ashamed, think how much more the reality of it would do so. You have gained in two ways—by being set free from your former shame and by having come to recognize your past life for what it was.