Law can discover sin, but not remove,
Save by those shadowy expiations weak.

Law can discover sin, but not remove,
Save by those shadowy expiations weak.

So many laws argues so many sins.

So many laws argues so many sins.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.

Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.

Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.

Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.

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.

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.

Come, now again, thy woes impart,
Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin;
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Come, now again, thy woes impart,
Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin;
We cannot heal the throbbing heart
Will we discern the wounds within.