Famous Sin Quotes

. . . it is the very nature of sin to prevent man from meditating on spiritual things. . .
-- Mary Martha Sherwood

A sin confessed is half forgiven.
-- French Proverb

Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.
-- Hungarian Proverb

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
-- Henry David Thoreau

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.
-- W H Auden

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
-- Bible

But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
-- Thomas Moore

But, said as angels for the good man's sin, Weep to record, and blush to give it in.
-- Thomas Campbell

Come, now again, thy woes impart, Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin; We cannot heal the throbbing heart Will we discern the wounds within.
-- George Crabbe

Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
-- Jewish Proverb

Compound for sins they are inclin'd to, By damning those they have no mind to.
-- Samuel Butler

Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men, and you will be laughed at.
-- Josh Billings

Every sin brings its punishment with it.
-- Romanian Proverb

Every sin is the result of a collaboration.
-- Stephen Crane

Every sin is the result of collaboration.
-- Stephen Crane

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
-- Bible

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.
-- Hannah More

Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
-- Bible

Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.
-- Ovid

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.
-- Thomas Fuller