But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.

Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.

Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors
is hard.

Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors
is hard.

Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways

Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as
his eyes unto heaven, but smote read more

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.

The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has read more

The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

Sin writes histories, goodness is silent.
[Ger., Das Uebel macht eine Geschichte und das Gute keine.]

Sin writes histories, goodness is silent.
[Ger., Das Uebel macht eine Geschichte und das Gute keine.]

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.

It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break read more

It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.