Character Quote by Flannery O'Connor

“A deadly sin that brings no evil material sequel to the satisfaction afforded by committing it is one thing. A deadly sin that gives…

— Rafael Sabatini - The Hounds of God

“If there is one sin—or rather one waste—it is not doing what you have the inclination or gift for.”

— Oliver

“Virtue - to be good and just - Every heart, when sifted well, Is a clot of warmer dust, Mix'd with cunning sparks of…

— Alfred Tennyson

“Virtue, whatever else it means, at least means being more human; it would not be virtuous if it did not. Sin, whatever else it…

— Andrew Davison

Sin is like an incredible meal that becomes poisonous venom in your stomach. What you eat on Earth you may digest in Hell...

— LeCrae

“When tempted to sin, I often repeat to myself two truths: holiness brings happiness, and purity brings power.”

— Sidney Greidanus

“Note, It is common for those that are indulgent to their own sin to be severe against the sins of others.”

— Matthew Henry

“The whole conception of 'sin' is one which I find very puzzling, doubtless owing to my sinful nature.”

— Bertrand Russell

“We are but the veriest, sorriest slaves of our stomach.  Reach not after morality and righteousness, my friends; watch vigilantly your stomach, and diet…

— Jerome K. Jerome

“those renunciations that men have unwisely called virtue, as much as those natural rebellions that wise men still call sin.”

— Oscar Wilde

“... sin has always been more delicious than loyalty.”

— Jennie Fields

“Sin may appear good. But by God's commandment sin might become utterly sinful.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita