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If you're looking for the original origin of this phrase, it is King Claudius's line in William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Claudius is attempting to pray, but uses this phrase to say that it is worthless and that God will not hear his prayers asking for forgiveness because he is not truly sorry. He is not sorry because he is still reaping the benefits of his sin.

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