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.]

Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.

Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

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.]

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.

So many laws argues so many sins.

So many laws argues so many sins.

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

The wages of sin are sables.

The wages of sin are sables.

Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.

Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.