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Vain? Let it be so! Nature was her teacher,
What if a lovely and unsistered creature
Loved read more
Vain? Let it be so! Nature was her teacher,
What if a lovely and unsistered creature
Loved her own harmless gift of pleasing feature.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,
Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.
Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.
A good conscience is a continued Christmas.
A good conscience is a continued Christmas.
Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good
Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good
Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
Young Timothy
Learnt sin to fly.
Young Timothy
Learnt sin to fly.
It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where it is
kept is "lighter than vanity."
It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where it is
kept is "lighter than vanity."
He who has it in his power to commit sin, is less inclined to do
so. The very idea read more
He who has it in his power to commit sin, is less inclined to do
so. The very idea of being able, weakens the desire.
[Lat., Cui peccare licet peccat minus. Ipsa potestas
Semina nequitiae languidiora facit.]
Egotism is the art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.
Egotism is the art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.
