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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.]

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It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break read more

It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

by Mae West Found in: Sin Quotes,
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It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not be always the read more

It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not be always the same . . .

by St. Teresa Of Avila 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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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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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall

by William Shakespeare Found in: Sin Quotes,
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Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors
is hard.

Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors
is hard.

by Bible Found in: Sin Quotes,
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Every sin is the result of collaboration.

Every sin is the result of collaboration.

by Stephen Crane Found in: Sin Quotes,
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Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.

Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.

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Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.

by Hannah More Found in: Opera Quotes, Sin Quotes,
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