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.

It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

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.

Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful

Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as
his eyes unto heaven, but smote read more

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as
his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be
merciful to me a sinner.

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!

It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break read more

It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is
sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment.
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Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is
sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment.
[Lat., Di faciles, peccasse semel concedite tuto:
Id satis est. Peonam culpa secunda ferat.]

I couldn't live in peace if I put the shadow of a wilful sin
between myself and God.

I couldn't live in peace if I put the shadow of a wilful sin
between myself and God.