Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.

Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.

How shall I lose the sin yet keep the sense,
And love th' offender, yet detest the offence?

How shall I lose the sin yet keep the sense,
And love th' offender, yet detest the offence?

Every sin is the result of collaboration.

Every sin is the result of collaboration.

He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone.

He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone.

But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than lust.

Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than lust.

He who has it in his power to commit sin, is less inclined to do
so. The very idea read more

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.]

Every sin is the result of a collaboration.

Every sin is the result of a collaboration.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.