Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers
Of such as do offend, make less the sin.

Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers
Of such as do offend, make less the sin.

But, said as angels for the good man's sin,
Weep to record, and blush to give it in.

But, said as angels for the good man's sin,
Weep to record, and blush to give it in.

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!

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

You can't judge a person with one sin he has commited.

You can't judge a person with one sin he has commited.

It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not be always the read more

It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not be always the same . . .

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.]

It's sin and not poverty that makes men miserable.

It's sin and not poverty that makes men miserable.

But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

But the trail of the serpent is over them all.