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Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
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.
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors
is hard.
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors
is hard.
Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
It's sin and not poverty that makes men miserable.
It's sin and not poverty that makes men miserable.
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.
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.
It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not be always the read more
It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not be always the same . . .
Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
