Sin Quotes

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Between these two, the denying of sins, which we have done, and the bragging of sins, which we have not done, what a space, what… — John Donne
In best understandings, sin began, Angels sinned first, then Devils, and then Man. — John Donne
Desire of greatness is a godlike sin. — John Dryden
Having mourned your sin, for outward Eden lost, find paradise within. — John Dryden
Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness. — Herman Melville
We do ourselves wrong, and too meanly estimate the holiness above us, when we deem that any act or enjoyment good in itself, is not… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Love the offender, yet detest the offense. — Alexander Pope
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… — James Bryce
We are all Christ and Hitler. Yoko and I want Christ to win. — John Lennon
The Bible does not teach that sin is completely eradicated from the Christian in this life, but it does teach that sin shall no longer… — Billy Graham
The only thing He forgets is our sins. — Billy Graham
The Bible teaches that all sin begins with sinful thinking. — Billy Graham
... every little boy thinks he invented sin. — John Steinbeck
There is no sin but ignorance. — Christopher Marlowe
The unpublished manuscript is like an uncon-fessed sin that festers in the soul, corrupting and contaminating it. — Antonio Machado
It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same. — Teresa of Avila
The essence of man is his freedom. Sin is committed in that freedom. Sin can therefore not be attributed to a defect in his essence.… — Reinhold Niebuhr
Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this. — Lord Acton
Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins. — Horace Mann
Great crimes come never singly; they are linked To sins that went before. — Jean Racine

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