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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.]

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Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.

Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.

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I waive the quantum o' the sin,
The hazard of concealing:
But, och! it hardens a' within,
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I waive the quantum o' the sin,
The hazard of concealing:
But, och! it hardens a' within,
And petrifies the feeling!

by Robert Burns Found in: Sin Quotes,
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There is no sin except stupidity.

There is no sin except stupidity.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Sin Quotes, Stupidity Quotes,
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Sin is geographical.

Sin is geographical.

by Bertrand Russell Found in: Sin Quotes,
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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.

by Antoine De Saint-exupery Found in: Sin Quotes,
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. . . 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. . .

by Mary Martha Sherwood Found in: Sin Quotes,
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Young Timothy
Learnt sin to fly.

Young Timothy
Learnt sin to fly.

by Thomas Moore Found in: Sin Quotes,
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

by Andre Gide Found in: Sin Quotes,
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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.

by Philip Massinger Found in: Sin Quotes,
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