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If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he
would soon be out of thunderbolts.
[Lat., read more
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.]
Compound for sins they are inclin'd to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Compound for sins they are inclin'd to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.
Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.
Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men, and you will be laughed read more
Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men, and you will be laughed at.
Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the read more
The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity
Every sin is the result of collaboration.
Every sin is the result of collaboration.
Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways
Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways
Her rash hand in evil hour
Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;
Earth felt read more
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.
