Law can discover sin, but not remove,
Save by those shadowy expiations weak.

Law can discover sin, but not remove,
Save by those shadowy expiations weak.

It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

Every sin is the result of a collaboration.

Every sin is the result of a collaboration.

Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is
sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment.
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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.]

Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful

Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful

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.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.

Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.