John Webster Quotes About Sin
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Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin.
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Oh, yes, thy sins Do run before thee to fetch fire from hell, To light thee thither.
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Are you grown an atheist? Will you turn your body, Which is the goodly palace of the soul, To the soul's slaughter-house? Oh, the curse' d devil, Which doth present us with all other sins Thrice-candied o'er.
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Do you not weep? Other sins only speak; murder shrieks out. The element of water moistens the earth, But blood flies upwards and bedews the heavens.
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A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard.
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