Quotes with sin-concealing

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  • St. Augustine of Hippo God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • Hannah More Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.
    Hannah More
    British Writer, Reformer, Philanthropist (1745 - 1833)
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  • Mark Twain Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Desiderius Erasmus Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • Desiderius Erasmus Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • Thomas Secker He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin.
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  • Adam Clarke He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.
    Adam Clarke
    British Methodist theologian (1760 - 1832)
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  • Horace He who is upright in his way of life and free from sin.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Alexander Pope How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Marilyn Monroe I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.
    Marilyn Monroe
    American actress (1926 - 1962)
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  • Adlai Stevenson II I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Christopher Marlowe I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but innocence.
    Christopher Marlowe
    British Dramatist, Poet (1564 - 1593)
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  • George Sand I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters of love, but also the illusion which the senses seek to create where love is only partial. I say, I believe, that one must love with all of one's being, or else live, come what may, a life of complete chastity.
    George Sand
    French writer (1804 - 1876)
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  • Assata Shakur I think that the greatest betrayal that a revolutionary can participate in is to become like the people you are struggling against. To become like your persecutors. I think that is a betrayal and a sin.
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson I would advise you Sir, to study algebra, if you are not already an adept in it: your head would be less muddy, and you will leave off tormenting your neighbors about paper and packthread, while we all live together in a world that is bursting with sin and sorrow.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Vance Havner I'm tired of hearing sin called sickness and alcoholism a disease. It is the only disease I know of that we're spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year to spread.
    Vance Havner
    American writer
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  • Anne Baxter Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves.
    Anne Baxter
    American actress (1923 - 1985)
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  • Angelina Grimke If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course unresistingly.
    Angelina Grimke
    American activists and female advocates of abolition and women's rights (1805 - 1879)
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  • Arthur Machen If a man dreams that he has committed a sin before which the sun hid his face, it is often safe to conjecture that, in sheer forgetfulness, he wore a red tie, or brown boots with evening dress.
    Arthur Machen
    Welsh author and mystic (1863 - 1947)
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  • Cesare Pavese If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be!
    Cesare Pavese
    Italian writer and poet (1908 - 1950)
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