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“First we practice sin, then defend it, then boast of it”
Thomas Manton
“Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.”
Mark Twain
“Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins”
Iris Murdoch
“We are not punished for our sins, but by them”
Elbert Hubbard
“Starvation, not sin, is the parent of modern crime”
Oscar Wilde
“Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.”
Alice Walker
“The world is filled with folly and sin, And Love must cling, where it can, I say: For Beauty is easy enough to win; But one isn't loved every day”
Owen Meredith
“The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.”
Seneca
“Adultery is the application of democracy to love”
Henry Louis Mencken
“In the gay (Catholic) community, it would seem, the maxim is: love the sin and love the sinner, but hate anyone who calls it a sin or him a sinner”
Richard John Neuhaus
