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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.
Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.
Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.
Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.
Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.
Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.
Every sin is the result of collaboration.
Every sin is the result of collaboration.
If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he
would soon be out of thunderbolts.
[Lat., read more
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.]
Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.
Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it read more
If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be!
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
