The indulgence of one sin opens the door to further sins. The indulgence of one sin diverts the soul from the use of those means by which all other sins should be resisted.
Sin Quotes
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. (Measure for Measure)
The American, in other words, thinks that the sinner has no rights that any one is bound to respect, and he is prone to mistake an unsupported charge of sinning, provided it be made violently enough, for actual proof and confession.
Let no man think to kill sin with few, easy, or gentle strokes. He who hath once smitten a serpent, if he follow not on his blow until it be slain, may repent that ever he began the quarrel. And so he who undertakes to deal with sin, and pursues it not constantly to the […]
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy. (Timon of Athens)
The news that The American Mercury is “lacking in constructive points of view” is surely not news to me. If any such points of view ever get into it, it will only be my mutilated and pathetic corpse. The uplift has damn nigh ruined the country. What we need is more sin.
There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who believe themselves sinners; the sinners who believe themselves righteous.
You cannot make gross sins look clear: To revenge is no valor, but to bear. (Timon of Athens)
God has cast our confessed sins into the depths of the sea, and He’s even put a ‘No Fishing’ sign over the spot.
Pleasure is the bait of sin.
