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.

Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.

Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.

Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways

Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is read more

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.

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.]

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.

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 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.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.