Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall

Compound for sins they are inclin'd to,
By damning those they have no mind to.

Compound for sins they are inclin'd to,
By damning those they have no mind to.

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.

Her rash hand in evil hour
Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;
Earth felt read more

Her rash hand in evil hour
Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;
Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat
Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe
That all was lost.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

So many laws argues so many sins.

So many laws argues so many sins.

Man-like it is to fall into sin; fiendlike it is to dwell therein.

Man-like it is to fall into sin; fiendlike it is to dwell therein.

But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

Every sin is the result of a collaboration.

Every sin is the result of a collaboration.