Sin

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Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

William Shakespeare

Timon of Athens

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Perverse incentives Sin Mercy

Speaker

First Senator

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Timon of Athens

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Timon of Athens." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 3, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Timon of Athens." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 5.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1st John 1:8

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Sin Human nature

Source

1st John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

95 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st John 1:8).

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 6:5

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Human nature Sin Noah's flood

Source

Genesis The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 6:5).

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Apostle Paul

Romans 6:23

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Topic

Sin Salvation Eternal life

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 6:23).

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Genesis 3:6

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Topic

Adam and Eve Temptation Original sin Sin

Source

Genesis The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 3:6).

One leak will sink a ship, and one sin will destroy a sinner.

John Bunyan

The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that Which is to Come

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Little things make a big difference Sin

Speaker

Interpreter

Author

John Bunyan

Source

The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that Which is to Come

Medium

Allegory

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1678 1670s 17th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that Which is to Come. London: Nathaniel Ponder, 1678, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress, edited by Roger Pooley. Penguin Classics, 2009, pt. 2.

Leave all things behind, and come unto me for thy salvation. I will make thee free from this bondage of sins. Fear no more.

Bhagavad Gita

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Salvation Freedom Fear Sin Letting go

Source

Bhagavad Gita

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Sanskrit

Time

200 BC 200s BC 3rd century BC

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Vyasa. The Bhagavad Gita. c. 200 BCE, ch. 18, v. 66.

Current Citation

Vyasa. The Bhagavad Gita, translated W. J. Johnson. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 18, v. 66.

All we like sheep have gone astray.

Isaiah

Isaiah 53:6

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Sin

Author

Isaiah

Source

Isaiah The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Hebrew

Time

681 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Isaiah 53:6).

Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!

John the Baptist

Matthew 3:2

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Topic

Repentance Sin

Speaker

John the Baptist

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Matthew 3:2).

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

Simone Weil

Gravity and Grace

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Topic

Moral theory Sin

Author

Simone Weil

Source

Gravity and Grace

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Weil, Simone. La Pensanteur et la Grace [Gravity and Grace], edited by Gustave Thibon. Plon, 1947.

Current Citation

Weil, Simone. "To Desire Without an Object." Gravity and Grace, edited by Gustave Thibon, translated by Emma Crawford and Mario van der Ruhr. Routledge, 2002.

Sin is a queer thing. It isn't the breaking of divine commandments. It is the breaking of one's own integrity.

D.H. Lawrence

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Sin

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

Studies in Classic American Literature

Language

English

Time

1923 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lawrence, D.H. Studies in Classic American Literature. Thomas Seltzer, 1923, ch. 8.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.

Apostle Paul

Romans 3:23

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Original sin Sin Human nature The human condition

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 3:23).

Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.

Jesus

John 8:7

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Hypocrisy and religion Hypocrisy Judging others Sin

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 8:7).

Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.

Apostle Paul

Romans 5:20

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Sin Forgiveness Grace

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 5:20).

Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more.

Jesus

John 8:11

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Topic

Forgiveness Sin

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 8:11).

Commit
The oldest sins the newest kind of ways?

William Shakespeare

Henry IV, Part 2

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Sin

Speaker

King Henry the Fourth

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Henry IV, Part 2

Medium

Play

Genre

History (play)

Language

English

Time

1597 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Henry IV, Part 2. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1597, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Second Part of Henry the Fourth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 2.

Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Pleasure Sin Temptation

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Don Juan

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Murray, 1819, canto 1, st. 143.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 1, st. 143.

For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

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Sin Original sin Human nature

Source

Ecclesiastes The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 7:20).

Just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned.

Apostle Paul

Romans 5:12

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Original sin Death Sin Human nature

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 5:12).

Sin is a thing that writes itself across a man's face. It cannot be concealed.

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Effects of time Sin

Speaker

Basil Hallward

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Medium

Novel Magazine

Language

English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Philadelphia, July 1890, ch. 10.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 12.