William Shakespeare Quotes on Sin

“Some sins do bear their privilege on earth.”

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“Few love to hear the sins they love to act.”

love hear sins

“I am a man More sinn'd against than sinning.”

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“Commit The oldest sins the newest kind of ways?”

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“O, fie, fie, fie! Thy sin's not accidental, but a trade.”

fie accidental trade

“O, what authority and show of truth Can cunning sin cover itself withal!”

authority cunning itself

“It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath.”

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“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall; Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none: And some condemned for a fault alone.”

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“Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it.”

hurtless justice strong

“Though some of you with Pilate wash your hands Showing an outward pity; yet you Pilates Have here deliver'd me to my sour cross, And water cannot wash away your sin.”

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William Shakespeare on Sin

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