Sin Quotes

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If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin. — Charles Darwin
Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds. — Democritus
From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he would not have created gay people. — Howard Dean
The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me. — Denis Diderot
Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. — Marlene Dietrich
If I thought a man had never committed a sin in his life, I don't think I'd want to talk with him. A man with… — Kirk Douglas
The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside. — Arthur Conan Doyle
What a terrible thing it would be to be the Pope! What unthinkable responsibilities to fall on your shoulders at an advanced age! No privacy.… — Roger Ebert
No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from. — George Eliot
Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin. — Desiderius Erasmus
Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin. — Desiderius Erasmus
There are people who are suffering beyond description. They are innocent people, they didn't bring this upon themselves. They are the victims of the sins… — Mia Farrow
Jesus died to forgive our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them? — Jules Feiffer
His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to… — Helen Hayes
Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces. — Matthew Henry
Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
The world is not imperfect or slowly evolving along a path to perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment, every sin already carries grace… — Hermann Hesse
Social networks do best when they tap into one of the seven deadly sins. Facebook is ego. Zynga is sloth. LinkedIn is greed. — Reid Hoffman
We are not punished for our sins, but by them. — Elbert Hubbard

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