How shall I lose the sin yet keep the sense,
And love th' offender, yet detest the offence?

How shall I lose the sin yet keep the sense,
And love th' offender, yet detest the offence?

He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone.

He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone.

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.]

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

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.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What read more

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.

Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than lust.

Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than lust.

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