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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.
Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.
The sinning is the best part of repentance.
The sinning is the best part of repentance.
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.
Sin writes histories, goodness is silent.
[Ger., Das Uebel macht eine Geschichte und das Gute keine.]
Sin writes histories, goodness is silent.
[Ger., Das Uebel macht eine Geschichte und das Gute keine.]
Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men, and you will be laughed read more
Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men, and you will be laughed at.
If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he
would soon be out of thunderbolts.
[Lat., read more
If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he
would soon be out of thunderbolts.
[Lat., Si quoties homines peccant sua fulmina mittat
Jupiter, exiguo tempore inermis erit.]
Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone.
He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone.
