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It's sin and not poverty that makes men miserable.
It's sin and not poverty that makes men miserable.
O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing
wound thee sore!
[It., O dignitosa coscienza e read more
O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing
wound thee sore!
[It., O dignitosa coscienza e netta,
Come t' e picciol fallo amaro morso.]
No ear can hear nor tongue can tell the tortures of the inward hell!
No ear can hear nor tongue can tell the tortures of the inward hell!
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
A bad conscience has a very good memory
A bad conscience has a very good memory
So many laws argues so many sins.
So many laws argues so many sins.
Law can discover sin, but not remove,
Save by those shadowy expiations weak.
Law can discover sin, but not remove,
Save by those shadowy expiations weak.
Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.rn
Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.rn
