Bears Quote by Ovid

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?

— Alexander Pope

“There are good qualities in every soul. We seldom meet any one who is wholly determined to do wrong, though there are some who…

— Francis M. Lyman

God never punishes his children in the sense of avenging justice. He chastens as a father does his child, but he never punishes his…

— Charles Spurgeon

I want to separate sin from crime. You may have to ask forgiveness for your sins from God, but not from the Minister of…

— Pierre Trudeau

Sins may be forgiven. Crimes require punishment.

— Anonymous

Serve God with integrity, and if you achieve no success, at least no sin will lie upon your conscience.

— Charles Spurgeon

“God has not rendered you due punishment, but bestows upon you unmerited grace. If you wish to be an alien from grace, boast your…

— John Calvin

Repentance for past crimes is just and easy; but sin-no-more's a task too hard for mortals

— Anonymous

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

— George Herbert

“Better for him that each sin of his life had brought its sure, swift penalty along with it. There was purification in punishment. Not…

— Oscar Wilde

To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.

— William Gilmore Simms

Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.

— Publilius Syrus