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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.
Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.
Man-like it is to fall into sin; fiendlike it is to dwell therein.
Man-like it is to fall into sin; fiendlike it is to dwell therein.
Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, read more
Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves.
 Young Timothy
 Learnt sin to fly.  
 Young Timothy
 Learnt sin to fly. 
 Her rash hand in evil hour
 Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;
  Earth felt read more 
 Her rash hand in evil hour
 Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;
  Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat
   Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe
    That all was lost. 
 How shall I lose the sin yet keep the sense,
 And love th' offender, yet detest the offence?  
 How shall I lose the sin yet keep the sense,
 And love th' offender, yet detest the offence? 
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.
A sin confessed is half forgiven.
A sin confessed is half forgiven.
 In Adam's fall--
 We sinned all.  
 In Adam's fall--
 We sinned all.