#sins

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#believing #chastity #christian #christian religion #deadly

Any bull market covers a multitude of sins, so there may be all sorts of problems with the current system that we won't see until the bear market comes. ↗

— Ron Chernow

#bear #bull #bull market #comes #covers

Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict? ↗

— Doug Coupland

#conflict #deadly #seven #sins #ten

And she didn't once say anything about this being a sin. It used to be I got the word sin slapped in my face every time I did something wrong, but come on, when you live in a sin-free family with sin-free parents and a sin-free sister, well, you can't help but sin a little extra on their behalf. ↗

— Han Nolan

#humor #sins #family

I learned from my Adventist upbringing that the biggest sins were sexual. ↗

— Luke Ford

#biggest #i #learned #sexual #sins

Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#difference #frightened #great #his #humbled

One is punished by the very things by which he sins. ↗

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

#sins #things #very #which

When I was a kid, I was surrounded by girls: older sisters, older girl cousins just down the street... except for an older boy named Vito who threw rocks. Each year I would wish for a baby brother. It never happened. ↗

— Wally Lamb

#boy #brother #cousins #down #each

Therefore, sins of sex are punished in this life to a greater degree than some other sins. ↗

— Walter Lang

#greater #life #other #punished #sex

As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them. ↗

— Hugh Leonard

#our #punished #said #sins #somebody