Venial Quotes

13 quotes by 11 authors

• Abortion... was probably regarded by the average Roman of the later days of Paganism much as Englishmen in the last century regarded convivial excesses, as… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
• Half-instructed confessors have done my soul great harm; for I could not always have such learned ones as I would have desired. They certainly did… — Teresa of Avila
• Keep this in mind, for it is very important advice, so do not neglect it until you find you have such a fixed determination not… — Teresa of Avila
• An Italian proverb says, In men every mortal sin is venial; in woman every venial sin is mortal. And a German axiom, that There are… — George Augustus Henry Sala
• Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless; and though they are only venial in themselves, they make… — Johannes Tauler
• He who devoutly hears holy Mass will receive a great vigor to enable him to resist mortal sin, and there shall be pardoned to him… — Saint Augustine
• Marital intercourse is certainly holy, lawful and praiseworthy in itself and profitable to society, yet in certain circumstances it can prove dangerous, as when through… — Saint Francis de Sales
• The inclination to digress is human. But the dramatist must avoid it even more strenuously than the saint must avoid sin, for while sin may… — W. Somerset Maugham
• Venial sin becomes mortal sin when one approves it as an end. . . — Thomas Aquinas
• Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole… — Saint Francis de Sales
• Strive to attain to the greater virtues, but do not neglect the lesser ones. Do not make light of a fall even if it be… — Saint Basil
• What an unbearable creature he must have been in those days--and yet in those days he had been comparatively innocent. That was another mystery: it… — Graham Greene
• Thoroughly convinced of the impossibility of his own suit, a high resolve constrained him not to injure that of another. This is a lover's most… — Thomas Hardy

Who Wrote These Venial Quotes

11 authors contributed a total of 13 Venial Quotes as follows:

• 2 Venial Quotes by Saint Francis de Sales
• 2 Venial Quotes by Teresa of Avila
• 1 Venial Quote by W. Somerset Maugham
• 1 Venial Quote by Thomas Aquinas
• 1 Venial Quote by Saint Basil
• 1 Venial Quote by Graham Greene
• 1 Venial Quote by Thomas Hardy
• 1 Venial Quote by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
• 1 Venial Quote by George Augustus Henry Sala
• 1 Venial Quote by Johannes Tauler
• 1 Venial Quote by Saint Augustine