Sin Quotes
These are some of the best 'Sin' quotations and sayings.
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A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
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As sins proceed they ever multiply; and like figures in arithmetic, the last stands for more than all that went before it.
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Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
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Every gross act of sin is much the same thing to the conscience that a great blow is to the head; it stuns and bereaves it of all use of its senses for a time.
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Every sin is a mistake, as well as a wrong; and the epitaph for the sinner is, "Thou fool!"
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Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
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Guilt, though it may attain temporal splendor, can never confer real happiness; the evil consequences of our crimes long survive their commission, and, like the ghosts of the murdered, forever haunt the steps of the malefactor; while the paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
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He that falls into sin is a man, that grieves at it is a saint, that boasteth of it is a devil; yet some glory in that shame, counting the stains of sin the best complexion of their souls.
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He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone.
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I am a man More sinn'd against than sinning.
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I could not live in peace if I put the shadow of a wilful sin between myself and God.
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I fear nothing but doing wrong.
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If I were sure God would pardon me, and men would not know my sin, yet I should be ashamed to sin, because of its essential baseness.
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If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness thou must never gratify it. - No man is compelled to evil; only his consent makes it his. - It is no sin to be tempted; it is to yield and be overcome.
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It is not alone what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.
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It is not true that there are no enjoyments in the ways of sin; there are, many and various. - But the great and radical defect of them all is, that they are transitory and unsubstantial, at war with reason and conscience, and always leave a sting behind. We are hungry, and they offer us bread; but it is poisoned bread. We are thirsty, and they offer us drink; but it is from deadly fountains. They may and often do satisfy us for the moment; but it is death in the end. It is only the bread of heaven and the water of life that can so satisfy that we shall hunger no more and thirst no more forever.
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Man-like it is to fall into sin, Fiend-like is it to dwell therein, Christ like it is for sin to grieve, Godlike it is all sin to leave.
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My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
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No sin is small. - It is against an infinite God, and may have consequences immeasurable. - No grain of sand is small in the mechanism of a watch.
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Oh thou, who didst with pitfall and with gin Beset the road I was to wander in, Thou wilt not with predestin'd evil round Enmesh, and then impute my fall to sin.
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