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Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors
is hard.
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors
is hard.
It is a sin for a plebian to grumble in public.
[Lat., Palam mutire plebeio piaculum est.]
It is a sin for a plebian to grumble in public.
[Lat., Palam mutire plebeio piaculum est.]
In Adam's fall--
We sinned all.
In Adam's fall--
We sinned all.
A sin confessed is half forgiven.
A sin confessed is half forgiven.
Man-like is it to fall into sin,
Fiend-like is it to dwell therein,
Christ-like is it for read more
Man-like is it to fall into sin,
Fiend-like is it to dwell therein,
Christ-like is it for sin to grieve,
God-like is it all sin to leave.
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
It's sin and not poverty that makes men miserable.
It's sin and not poverty that makes men miserable.
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.]
He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint;
that boasts of it, read more
He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint;
that boasts of it, is a devil.
