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It is a sin for a plebian to grumble in public.
[Lat., Palam mutire plebeio piaculum est.]
It is a sin for a plebian to grumble in public.
[Lat., Palam mutire plebeio piaculum est.]
Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.
Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.
Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.
Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.
He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is read more
He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.
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.]
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
