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Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than lust.
Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than lust.
Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.
Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.
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.
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.]
It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has read more
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
Man-like is it to fall into sin,
Fiend-like is it to dwell therein,
Christ-like is it for read more
Man-like is it to fall into sin,
Fiend-like is it to dwell therein,
Christ-like is it for sin to grieve,
God-like is it all sin to leave.
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as
his eyes unto heaven, but smote read more
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as
his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be
merciful to me a sinner.
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.