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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.
Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers
Of such as do offend, make less the sin.
Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers
Of such as do offend, make less the sin.
. . . it is the very nature of sin to prevent man from meditating on spiritual things. . .
. . . it is the very nature of sin to prevent man from meditating on spiritual things. . .
Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.
Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What read more
I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.
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.
Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.
Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.
