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I couldn't live in peace if I put the shadow of a wilful sin
between myself and God.
I couldn't live in peace if I put the shadow of a wilful sin
between myself and God.
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.]
You can't judge a person with one sin he has commited.
You can't judge a person with one sin he has commited.
Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.
Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.
If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he
would soon be out of thunderbolts.
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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.]
The sinning is the best part of repentance.
The sinning is the best part of repentance.
Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
Every sin is the result of a collaboration.
Every sin is the result of a collaboration.
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
