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Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways
Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways
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.]
A sin confessed is half forgiven.
A sin confessed is half forgiven.
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.
In Adam's fall--
We sinned all.
In Adam's fall--
We sinned all.
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.
Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.
Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.
If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he
would soon be out of thunderbolts.
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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.]
Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
