"Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies."
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"A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency."
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"Sing away sorrow, cast away care."
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"Serve God joyfully. Let there be no sadness in your life: the only true sorrow is sin."
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"Not to commit faults counts for more than to do good."
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"Nothing is irredeemably ugly but sin."
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"If certain women walk straight into adultery, there are many others who cling to numerous hopes, and commit sin only after wandering through a maze of sorrows."
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"Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine."
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"So tutor youth that the sins of age be not imputed to thee."
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"These dwell among the blackest souls,loaded down deep by sins of differing types.If you sink far enough,you'll see them all."
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"There is no kindness more cruel than the kindness which consigns another person to their sin."
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"Sin then is not a toy with which to play but a terror to be shunned."
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"God is not pre-occupied with sin, He’s already dealt with it."
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"I will not allow the Athenians to sin twice against philosophy."
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"Brethren, the just man shall scarcely be saved. What, then, will become of the sinner?"
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"Let no one flatter himself; of himself he is Satan. Let man take sin, which is his own, and leave righteousness with God."
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"A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing."
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"You ought to make every effort to free yourselves even from venial sin, and to do what is most perfect."
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"How is it that there are not many who are led by sermons to forsake open sin? Do you know what I think? That is because preachers have too much worldly wisdom."
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"When sins are dear to us we are too prone to slide into them again. The act of repentance itself is often sweetened with the thought that it clears our account for a repetition of the same sin."
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