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

Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.
Desiderius Erasmus

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.
Desiderius Erasmus

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

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin.
John Ruskin

He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.
Adam Clarke

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?
Alexander Pope

Humanity is the sin of God.
Theodore Parker

Hypocrisy is not generally a social sin, but a virtue.
Judith Martin

I always say beauty is only sin deep.
Hector Hugh Munro

I am here because I think it was a terrible sin of the west to allow those years of war.
Paddy Ashdown

I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but I deliver myself from them; if I refuse to satisfy them, they infect the whole soul.
Jean-Paul Sartre

I asked God if it was a sin and He didn't say anything.
Ernestine L. Rose

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
Adlai E. Stevenson

I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but ignorance.
Christopher Marlowe

I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the body. Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red, which are evidence of original sin or something, and I avoid that.
Jock Sturges

I don't think that sin and pursuing happiness are not necessarily the same thing.
Dan Savage

I had a Christian upbringing - it was all about sin and guilt. I was very happy just kissing people. I was like the make-out queen - not even second base.
Mira Sorvino

I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
Pope John Paul II