Famous Quotes About Sin By Reference

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A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.

Seneca the Younger

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2

A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.

Miguel de Cervantes

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3

A sin confessed is half forgiven.

Sin
4

A sin is something which is not necessary.

G. I. Gurdjieff

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5

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

Henry David Thoreau

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6

All sins cast long shadows.

Sin
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All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.

Cesare Pavese

Sin
8

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

W. H. Auden

Sin
9

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

Sin
10

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

Sin
11

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

William Shakespeare

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

Sin
13

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Jesus Christ

Forgiveness, Sin
14

For the sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by one.

Rudyard Kipling

Sin
15

God's plan made a hopeful beginning. But man spoiled his chances by sinning. We trust that the story will end in God's glory. But, at present, the other side's winning.

Sin
16

Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.

Ovid

Sin
17

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.

Thomas Fuller M.D.

Sin
18

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

Sin
19

I am a man more sinned against than sinning.

William Shakespeare

Sin
20

If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be!

Cesare Pavese

Sin
21

If others have sinned you need not mention it

Sin
22

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

Albert Camus

Sin
23

It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.

Seneca the Younger

Sin
24

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

Sin
25

Make peace with man and war with your sins.

Sin
26

Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.

Eric Hoffer

Sin
27

Men are not punished for their for sins, but by them.

Kin Hubbard

Sin
28

No one was ever scolded out of their sins.

William Cowper

Sin
29

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

John Bunyan

Sin
30

People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of concealing a big belly, or at least the consequences of it.

Bernard de Mandeville

Sin
31

Preachers denounce sin as if it was available to everyone.

Frank Dane

Sin
32

Really to sin you have to be serious about it.

Henrik Ibsen

Sin
33

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

Sin
34

She feared no danger, for she knew no sin.

John Dryden

Sin
35

Sin brought death, and death will disappear with the disappearance of sin.

Mary Baker Eddy

Sin
36

Sin has always been an ugly word, but it has been made so in a new sense over the last half-century. It has been made not only ugly but pass?. People are no longer sinful, they are only immature or underprivileged or frightened or, more particularly, sick.

Phyllis McGinley

Sin
37

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.

Sin
38

Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.

Frank Moore Colby

Sin
39

Sin is geographical.

Bertrand Russell

Sin
40

Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end.

Sin
41

Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson

Sin
42

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

André Gide

Sin
43

SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense

Eric Butterworth

Sin
44

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

William Shakespeare

Sin
45

That which we call sin in others, is experiment for us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sin
46

The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of purification. Nothing remains then but the recollection of a pleasure, or the luxury of a regret.

Oscar Wilde

Sin
47

The first sin in our universe was Lucifer's self conceit.

Thomas Carlyle

Sin
48

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

Sin
49

The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

Oscar Wilde

Sin
50

The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.

Ogden Nash

Sin
51

The saints are the sinners who keep on trying.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Sin
52

The sinning is the best part of repentance.

Sin
53

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.

Blaise Pascal

Sin
54

There is no sin except stupidity.

Oscar Wilde

Sin
55

Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action.

Cyril Connolly

Sin
56

Those who do unlawful acts are no more sinners in the eyes of God than we who think them.

Elbert Hubbard

Sin
57

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

Augustine of Hippo

Sin
58

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

Sin
59

We cannot well do without our sins; they are the highway of our virtue.

Henry David Thoreau

Sin
60

What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colorless. By its curiosity Sin increases the experience of the race. Through its intensified assertion of individualism it saves us from monotony of type. In its rejection of the current notions about morality, it is one with the higher ethics.

Oscar Wilde

Sin
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Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it.

Georges Bernanos

Sin

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A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.

A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.

A sin confessed is half forgiven.

A sin is something which is not necessary.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

All sins cast long shadows.

All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.

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

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

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

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

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

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

For the sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by one.

God's plan made a hopeful beginning. But man spoiled his chances by sinning. We trust that the story will end in God's glory. But, at present, the other side's winning.

Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.

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

I am a man more sinned against than sinning.

If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be!

If others have sinned you need not mention it

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

It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.

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

Make peace with man and war with your sins.

Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.

Men are not punished for their for sins, but by them.

No one was ever scolded out of their sins.

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

People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of concealing a big belly, or at least the consequences of it.

Preachers denounce sin as if it was available to everyone.

Really to sin you have to be serious about it.

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

She feared no danger, for she knew no sin.

Sin brought death, and death will disappear with the disappearance of sin.

Sin has always been an ugly word, but it has been made so in a new sense over the last half-century. It has been made not only ugly but pass?. People are no longer sinful, they are only immature or underprivileged or frightened or, more particularly, sick.

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.

Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.

Sin is geographical.

Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end.

Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

That which we call sin in others, is experiment for us.

The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of purification. Nothing remains then but the recollection of a pleasure, or the luxury of a regret.

The first sin in our universe was Lucifer's self conceit.

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

The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.

The saints are the sinners who keep on trying.

The sinning is the best part of repentance.

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.

There is no sin except stupidity.

Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action.

Those who do unlawful acts are no more sinners in the eyes of God than we who think them.

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

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.

We cannot well do without our sins; they are the highway of our virtue.

Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it.