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Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.
Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.
 Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers
 Of such as do offend, make less the sin.  
 Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers
 Of such as do offend, make less the sin. 
A sin confessed is half forgiven.
A sin confessed is half forgiven.
 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.] 
Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.
Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.
Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.
Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.
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.
So many laws argues so many sins.
So many laws argues so many sins.
I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What read more
I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.