SIN
He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.
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SIN
Das Uebel macht eine Geschichte und das
Gute keine.
Sin writes histories, goodness is silent.
Goethe. See Rlemer—Mittheilungen iiber
Goethe. II. 9. 1810.
Man-like is it to fall into sin,
Fiend-like is it to dwell therein,
Christ-like is it for sin to grieve,
God-like is it all sin to leave.
Friedrich von Logau—Sinngedichte. Sin.
See Longfellow's trans. Poetic Aphorisms.
Deus propitius esto mini peccatori.
God be merciful to me a sinner.
Luke. XVIII. 13. Vulgate.
Nor custom, nor example, nor vast numbers
Of such as do offend, make less the sin.
| author = Massinger
| work = The Picture. Act IV. Sc. 2.
Her rash hand in evil hour
Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;
Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat
Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe
That all was lost.
| author = Milton
| work = Paradise Lost.
| place = Bk. IX. L. 780.
Law can discover sin, but not remove,
Save by those shadowy expiations weak.
| author = Milton
| work = Paradise Lost.
| place = Bk. XII. L. 290.
So many laws argues so many sins.
| author = Milton
| work = Paradise Lost.
| place = Bk. XII. L. 283.
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Moore—Lalla Rookh. Paradise and the Peri.
L.206.
In Adam's fall—
We sinned all.
Young Timothy
Learnt sin to fly.
New England Primer. (1777)
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| text = <poem>Di faciles, peccasse semel concedite tuto:
Id satis est. Pcenam culpa secunda ferat.
Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with
impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second
offence bear its punishment.
Ovtd—Amorum. Bk. II. 14. 43.
Cui peccare licet peccat minus. Ipsa potestas
Semina nequitiae languidiora facit.
He who has it in his power to commit sin, is •
less inclined to do so. The very idea of being
able, weakens the desire.
Ovid—Amorum. III. 4. 9.
Si quoties homines peccant sua fulmina mittat
Jupiter, exiguo tempore inermis erit.
If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as
men sinned, he would soon be out of thunderbolts.
Ovid—Tristium. II. 33.
Palam mutire plebeio piaculum est.
It is a sin for a plebeian to grumble in public.
Phaedrus—Fables. III. Epilogue. 34.
How shall I lose the sin yet keep the sense,
And love th' offender, yet detest the offence?
| author = Pope
| work = Eloise to Abelard. L. 191.
See sin in state, majestically drunk;
Proud as a peeress, prouder as a punk.
| author = Pope
| work = Moral Essays. Ep. II. L. 69.
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| text = My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Proverbs. I. 10.
The way of transgressors is hard.
Proverbs. XIII. 15.
The wages of sin is death.
Romans. VI. 23.
Aliena vitia in oculis habemus; a tergo nostra
sunt.
Other men's sins are before our eyes; our
own behind our backs.
Seneca—De Ira. II. 28.
Magna pars hominum est, quae non peccatis
irascitur sed peccantibus.
The greater part of mankind are angry with
the sinner and not with the sin.
Seneca—De Ira. II. 28.
Omnes mali sumus. Quidquid itaque in alio
reprehenditur, id unusquisque in suo sinu inveniet.
We are all sinful. Therefore whatever we
blame in another we shall find in our own
bosoms.
Seneca—De Ira. III. 26.
Sin is a state of mind, not an outward act.
Sewell—Passing Thoughts on Religion. Wilful Sin.
Commit
The oldest sins the newest kind of ways?
Henry IV. Pt. II. Act IV. Sc. 5. L. 126.
It is great sin to swear unto a sin,
But greater sin to keep a sinful oath.
Henry VI. Pt. II. Act V. Sc. 1. L. 182.
Some sins do bear their privilege on earth.
King John. Act I. Sc. 1. L. 261.
I am a man
More sinn'd against than sinning.
King Lear. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 58.
Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. Plate sin with
gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaksArm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. '
King Lear. Act IV. Sc. 6. L. 169.
