Who said "Better to die at once!"?

This quote is attributed to Arthur Dimmesdale.

Better to die at once! - Arthur Dimmesdale

"Better to die at once!"

Arthur Dimmesdale

Character in The Scarlet Letter

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"We are all sinners, Hester. We are all sinners."

"Be true! Be true! Be true!"

"Believe me, Hester, there are none so agonized with inward torment."

"Thou knowest—thou hast long known it—that I am no evil man."