You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.
Oscar WildeTag: sin
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To err is human - but it feels divine.
Mae WestRedemption, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin through their murder of the deity against whom they sinned. The doctrine of Redemption is the fundamental mystery of our holy religions, and whoso believeth in it shall not perish, but have everlasting life in which to try to understand it.
Ambrose BierceTag: humor murder eternity sin understanding mystery redemption deity deliverance doctrine holy-religions penalty sinners
Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent.
Mark TwainTag: humor censorship sin fallibility
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The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.
Be it sin or no, I hate the man!
Nathaniel HawthorneTag: sin
The only sin is mediocrity.
Martha GrahamTag: sin bourgeoise mediocrity
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.
Billy JoelTag: laughter sadness virtue saints sin
He tried to name which of the deadly seven might apply, and when he failed he decided to append an eighth, regret.
Charles FrazierThe Seven Social Sins are:
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.
From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925.
Tag: science money politics principle happiness knowledge morality wealth humanity work pleasure conscience sin character worship misattributed-to-gandhi sacrifice sins commerce
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