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Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.
Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has read more
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
Sin is not harmful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.
Sin is not harmful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.
Man-like is it to fall into sin,
Fiend-like is it to dwell therein,
Christ-like is it for read more
Man-like is it to fall into sin,
Fiend-like is it to dwell therein,
Christ-like is it for sin to grieve,
God-like is it all sin to leave.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall
Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.
Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.
Sin writes histories, goodness is silent.
[Ger., Das Uebel macht eine Geschichte und das Gute keine.]
Sin writes histories, goodness is silent.
[Ger., Das Uebel macht eine Geschichte und das Gute keine.]
Young Timothy
Learnt sin to fly.
Young Timothy
Learnt sin to fly.
It's sin and not poverty that makes men miserable.
It's sin and not poverty that makes men miserable.