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And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as
his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be
merciful to me a sinner.
Author: Bible
Source: Luke (ch. XVIII, v. 13)
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My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Author: Bible
Source: Proverbs (ch. I, v. 10)
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Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors
is hard.
Author: Bible
Source: Proverbs (ch. XIII, v. 15)
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For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Author: Bible
Source: Romans (ch. VI, v. 23)
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I waive the quantum o' the sin,
The hazard of concealing:
But, och! it hardens a' within,
And petrifies the feeling!
Author: Robert Burns
Source: Epistle to a Young Friend
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Compound for sins they are inclin'd to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Author: Samuel Butler (1)
Source: Hudibras (pt. I, canto !, l. 215)
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But, said as angels for the good man's sin,
Weep to record, and blush to give it in.
Author: Thomas Campbell
Source: Pleasures of Hope (pt. II, l. 357)
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Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.
Author: William Cowper
Source: Expostulation (l. 160)
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Come, now again, thy woes impart,
Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin;
We cannot heal the throbbing heart
Will we discern the wounds within.
Author: George Crabbe
Source: Hell of Justice (pt. II)
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I couldn't live in peace if I put the shadow of a wilful sin
between myself and God.
Author: George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans Cross)
Source: The Mill on the Floss (bk. VI, ch. XIV)
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He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint;
that boasts of it, is a devil.
Author: Thomas Fuller
Source: Holy State--Of Self-Praising
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Sin writes histories, goodness is silent.
[Ger., Das Uebel macht eine Geschichte und das Gute keine.]
Author: Thomas Fuller
Source: Holy State--Of Self-Praising
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Man-like is it to fall into sin,
Fiend-like is it to dwell therein,
Christ-like is it for sin to grieve,
God-like is it all sin to leave.
Author: Friedrich von Logau
Source: Sinngedichte--Sin
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Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers
Of such as do offend, make less the sin.
Author: Philip Massinger
Source: The Picture (act IV, sc. 2)
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Her rash hand in evil hour
Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;
Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat
Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe
That all was lost.
Author: John Milton
Source: Paradise Lost (bk. IX, l. 780)
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So many laws argues so many sins.
Author: John Milton
Source: Paradise Lost (bk. XII, l. 283)
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Law can discover sin, but not remove,
Save by those shadowy expiations weak.
Author: John Milton
Source: Paradise Lost (bk. XII, l. 290)
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But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Author: Thomas Moore
Source: Lalla Rookh--Paradise and the Peri (l. 206)
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In Adam's fall--
We sinned all.
Author: Thomas Moore
Source: Lalla Rookh--Paradise and the Peri (l. 206)
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Young Timothy
Learnt sin to fly.
Author: Thomas Moore
Source: Lalla Rookh--Paradise and the Peri (l. 206)
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Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is
sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment.
[Lat., Di faciles, peccasse semel concedite tuto:
Id satis est. Peonam culpa secunda ferat.]
Author: Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Source: Amorum (bk. II, 14, 43)
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He who has it in his power to commit sin, is less inclined to do
so. The very idea of being able, weakens the desire.
[Lat., Cui peccare licet peccat minus. Ipsa potestas
Semina nequitiae languidiora facit.]
Author: Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Source: Amorum (III, 4, 9)
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If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he
would soon be out of thunderbolts.
[Lat., Si quoties homines peccant sua fulmina mittat
Jupiter, exiguo tempore inermis erit.]
Author: Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Source: Tristium (II, 33)
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It is a sin for a plebian to grumble in public.
[Lat., Palam mutire plebeio piaculum est.]
Author: Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia)
Source: Fables (III, Epilogue, 34)
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How shall I lose the sin yet keep the sense,
And love th' offender, yet detest the offence?
Author: Alexander Pope
Source: Eloise to Abelard (l. 191)
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. . . it is the very nature of sin to prevent man from meditating on spiritual things. . .
Author: Mary Martha Sherwood
Source: None
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All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.
Author: W. H. Auden
Source: None
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Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
Author: Jewish Proverb
Source: None
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Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.
Author: Frank Moore Colby
Source: None
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Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Author: Romanian Proverb
Source: None
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
Author: Andre Gide
Source: None
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Every sin is the result of collaboration.
Author: Stephen Crane
Source: None
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Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.
Author: Ovid
Source: None
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Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.
Author: Hannah More
Source: None
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If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be!
Author: Cesare Pavese
Source: None
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Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves.
Author: Anne Baxter
Source: None
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The sinning is the best part of repentance.
Author: Arabian Proverb
Source: None
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A sin confessed is half forgiven.
Author: French Proverb
Source: None
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It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
Author: Mae West
Source: None
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Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than lust.
Author: Piers Paul Read
Source: None
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It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not be always the same . . .
Author: St. Teresa of Avila
Source: None
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Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
Author: Igor Stravinsky
Source: None
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It's sin and not poverty that makes men miserable.
Author: Scottish Proverb
Source: None
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After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Source: None
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Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.
Author: Louis Brandeis
Source: None
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The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
Author: Oscar Wilde
Source: None
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He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone.
Author: John 8:7
Source: None
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Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
Author: Elbert Hubbard
Source: None
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Every sin is the result of a collaboration.
Author: Stephen Crane
Source: None
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The wages of sin are sables.
Author: Anon.
Source: None
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