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There is no sin except stupidity.
There is no sin except stupidity.
 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? 
 Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers
 Of such as do offend, make less the sin.  
 Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers
 Of such as do offend, make less the sin. 
 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. 
The sinning is the best part of repentance.
The sinning is the best part of repentance.
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
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.
 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal 
life through Jesus Christ our read more 
 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal 
life through Jesus Christ our Lord.