#sins

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

#books #dead #his #hope #i

I have already given two cousins to the war and I stand ready to sacrifice my wife's brother. ↗

— Charles Farrar Browne

#brother #cousins #given #i #ready

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. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#committing #enough #him #his #humor

Obviously, I've seen what the press has done to my cousins. I would never let that rule my life, but I'm not the kind of person to rebel or do things. I don't know. I don't let the potential for bad press dictate who I am, but I keep that in mind. How can you not? ↗

— Lauren Bush

#bad #bad press #cousins #dictate #done

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