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It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven.
It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven.
 Oh, the blind counsels of the guilty!
 Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!
  [Lat., O caeca nocentum read more 
 Oh, the blind counsels of the guilty!
 Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!
  [Lat., O caeca nocentum consilia!
   O semper timidum scelus!] 
One man's wickedness may easily become all men's curse.
One man's wickedness may easily become all men's curse.
As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascinations. When it is looked upon as read more
As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascinations. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
 Are you drawn forth among a world of men
 To slay the innocent? What is my offense?
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 Are you drawn forth among a world of men
 To slay the innocent? What is my offense?
  Where is the evidence that doth accuse me?
   What lawful quest have given their verdict up
    Unto the frowning judge? or who pronounced
     The bitter sentence of poor Clarence's death
      Before I be convict by course of law?
       To threaten me with death is most unlawful:
        I charge you, as you hope [to have redemption
         By Christ's dear blood shed for our grievous sins,]
          That you depart, and lay no hands on me.
           The deed you undertake is damnable. 
The sun also shines on the wicked.
The sun also shines on the wicked.
The world loves a spice of wickedness.
The world loves a spice of wickedness.
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others.
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others.
 'Cause I's wicked,--I is. I's mighty wicked, anyhow, I can't help 
it.  
 'Cause I's wicked,--I is. I's mighty wicked, anyhow, I can't help 
it.