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But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
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.
Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.
Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.
Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
But, said as angels for the good man's sin,
Weep to record, and blush to give it in.
But, said as angels for the good man's sin,
Weep to record, and blush to give it in.
Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.
Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.
If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he
would soon be out of thunderbolts.
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If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he
would soon be out of thunderbolts.
[Lat., Si quoties homines peccant sua fulmina mittat
Jupiter, exiguo tempore inermis erit.]
Every sin is the result of collaboration.
Every sin is the result of collaboration.
Answer them [critics] with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument. . . .
Answer them [critics] with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument. . . .
