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| Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?. |
| Sin |
| A mighty man, had not some cunning sin, Amidst so many virtues, crowded in. Cowley.—The Davideis, Book III. Line 75. | 1 |
| Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. Shakespeare.—Measure for Measure, Act II. Scene 1. (Ercalus in reference to the execution of Claudio.) | 2 |
| Compound for sins they are inclined to, By damning those they have no mind to. Butler.—Hudibras, Canto I. Line 215. | 3 |
| That which he hath an inclination to is always dressed up in all the false beauty that a fond and busy imagination can give it; the other appeareth naked and deformed, and in all the true circumstances of folly and dishonour. Swift.—On Knowing One’s self. | 4 |
| Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart-rope. Isaiah, Chap. v. Ver. 18. | 5 |
| Where lives the man that has not tried How mirth can into folly glide, And folly into sin? Scott.—Bridal of Triermain, Canto I. Stanza 21. | 6 |
| Sin let loose, speaks punishment at hand. Cowper.—Expostulation, Line 160. | 7 |
| Think not for wrongs like these unscourged to live; Long may ye sin, and long may Heaven forgive; But when ye least expect, in sorrow’s day, Vengeance shall fall more heavy for delay. Churchill.—Gotham, Book II. Line 557. | 8 |
| Sin from my lips? O trespass sweetly urged! Give me my sin again. Shakespeare.—Romeo and Juliet, Act I. Scene 5. (Romeo to her.) | 9 |
| So nature prompts: drawn by her secret tie, We view a parent’s deeds with reverent eye; With fatal haste, alas! the example take, And love the sin for the dear sinner’s sake. Juvenal.—Transl. by Gifford, Sat. 14, Line 31. | 10 |
| How shall I lose the sin yet keep the sense, And love the offender yet detest the offence? Pope.—Abelard and Eloise, Line 191. | 11 |
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