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Sin

Its sin and not poverty that makes men miserable. – Scottish Proverb

Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime. – Anon.

The just man may sin with an open chest of gold before him. – Italian Proverb

Make peace with man and war with your sins. – Proverb

A sin confessed is half forgiven. – Proverb

All sins cast long shadows. – Proverb

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation. – W. H. Auden

True Civilization does not lie in gas, nor in steam, nor in turn-tables. It lies in the reduction of the traces of original sin. – Charles Baudelaire

Who are you to condemn anothers sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it. – Georges Bernanos

But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door. It desires to have you, but you must master it. Genesis 4:7 – Bible

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a blame to any people. – Bible

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23 – Bible

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

But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out. Numbers 32:23 – Bible

There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787. It is the work of men who believed in original sin, and were resolved to leave open for transgressors no door which they could possibly shut. – James Bryce

One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner. – John Bunyan

SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense – Eric Butterworth

If there is sin against life, it consists in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life. – Albert Camus

Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that redeems them, at least a little, from their sins. – Orson Scott Card

The first sin in our universe was Lucifers self conceit. – Thomas Carlyle