In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be
sins, but most
sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's ultimate responsibility is to God alone.
View quotes by Geoffrey FisherPresidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the
sins of the cold-blooded and the
sins of the warm-hearted in different scales.
View quotes by Franklin D RooseveltIs this her fault or mine? The tempter or the tempted, who
sins most? - Measure for Measure
View quotes by William ShakespeareWhen I am dead, I hope it may be said:
'His
sins were scarlet, but his books were read.'
View quotes by Hilaire BellocAll
sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.
View quotes by W H AudenForgiveness is the remission of
sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.
View quotes by Saint AugustineI hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare to take it out again. When you go to confession and entrust your
sins to the safe-keeping of the priest, do you ever come back for them?
View quotes by Jean BaudrillardMost people repent their
sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.
View quotes by Josh BillingsIt is much easier to repent of
sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.
View quotes by Josh BillingsConfess your
sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.
View quotes by Josh BillingsWe can only write well about our
sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives.
View quotes by Edward DahlbergThe satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will seem that his satire springs rather from his own caustic nature than from the
sins of the world in which he lives.
View quotes by Anthony TrollopeSins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
View quotes by Igor StravinskyThe abominable effort to take one's
sins with one to paradise.
View quotes by André GideOne of the peculiar
sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
View quotes by Malcolm MuggeridgeWhat a Friend we have in Jesus,
All our
sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer! [Hymn]
View quotes by Joseph ScrivenWe are punished by our
sins, not for them.
View quotes by Elbert HubbardUndeservedly you will atone for the
sins of your fathers.
View quotes by HoraceAll
sins are attempts to fill voids.
View quotes by Simone WeilMy general thesis was that Lust should be shifted from the category of Sin to that of Virtue. [on giving a lecture on Lust, one of the Seven Deadly
Sins]
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