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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.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
You can't judge a person with one sin he has commited.
You can't judge a person with one sin he has commited.
Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.
Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.
The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship read more
The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles
Every sin is the result of collaboration.
Every sin is the result of collaboration.
He who has it in his power to commit sin, is less inclined to do
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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.]
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.]
There is no sin except stupidity.
There is no sin except stupidity.