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Using adverbs is a mortal sin. -- Elmore Leonard
It is a mortal sin to discard the elderly. -- Pope Francis
Venial sin becomes mortal sin when one approves it as an end. . . -- Thomas Aquinas
Without sanctifying grace it is not possible to refrain long from mortal sin. -- Thomas Aquinas
I cannot understand how anyone conscious of mortal sin can laugh or be merry. -- Thomas Aquinas
It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin. -- Thomas Aquinas
And I think my sexuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins. -- Thomas Keneally
Although the sinner does not believe in Hell, he shall nevertheless go there if he has the misfortune to die in mortal sin. -- Anthony Mary Claret
Most of the vices and mortal sins condemned today correspond to inclinations that were purely adaptive or at least harmless in primitive man -- Konrad Lorenz
For I realize today that it is a mortal sin to violate the great laws of nature. We should not hurry, we should not be impatient, but we should confidently obey the eternal rhythm. -- Nikos Kazantzakis
Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless; and though they are only venial in themselves, they make us apt, ready, and inclined to lose grace and to fall into mortal sin. -- Johannes Tauler
Meditate on the horrors of Hell, which will last for eternity because of one easily-committed mortal sin. Try hard to be among the few who are chosen. Think of the eternal flames of Hell, and how few there are that are saved. -- Benedict Joseph Labre
An Italian proverb says, In men every mortal sin is venial; in woman every venial sin is mortal. And a German axiom, that There are only two good women in the world: one of them is dead, and the other is not to be found. -- George Augustus Henry Sala
This I say, because God showed me somewhat of his truth, in order that I might know what man is without him; that is, when the soul is found in mortal sin, at that time, it is so monstrous and horrible to behold, that it is impossible to imagine anything equally so. -- Catherine of Genoa
I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters of love, but also the illusion which the senses seek to create where love is only partial. I say, I believe, that one must love with all of one's being, or else live, come what may, a life of complete chastity. -- George Sand
We should all realize that no matter where or how a man dies, if he is in the state of mortal sin and does not repent, when he could have done so and did not, the Devil tears his soul from his body with such anguish and distress that only a person who has experienced it can appreciate it. -- Francis of Assisi
Keep this in mind, for it is very important advice, so do not neglect it until you find you have such a fixed determination not to offend the Lord that you would rather lose a thousand lives and be persecuted by the whole world, than commit one mortal sin, and until you are most careful not to commit venial sins. -- Teresa of Avila
A multitude of souls fall into the depths of Hell, and it is of the faith that all who die in mortal sin are condemned for ever and ever. According to statistics, approximately 80,000 persons die every day. How many of these will die in mortal sin, and how many will be condemned! For, as their lives have been, so also will be their end. -- Anthony Mary Claret
The only mortal sin is giving up." -- Stephen King
But I was willing to embrace mortal life again, before chasing immortality." -- J. K. Rowling
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Let the high Muse chant loves Olympian:We are but mortals, and must sing of men." -- Theocritus
Not doing anything is doing something and choosing to look away is a passive but no less mortal sin." -- Bill Maher
And I think my sexuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins." -- Thomas Keneally
No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to damnation." -- James McGreevey
Most of the vices and mortal sins condemned today correspond to inclinations that were purely adaptive or at least harmless in primitive man." -- Konrad Lorenz
A good story is a dream shared by the author and the reader. Anything that wakes the reader from the dream is a mortal sin." -- Victor J. Banis
How shall polluted mortals dare To sing Thy glory or Thy grace Beneath Thy feet we lie afar And see but shadows of Thy face." -- Isaac Watts
He came down from the North to Paris with a mind like Aristotle's and a form like mortal sin. We shattered the Commandments on the spot." -- James Goldman
It cast an unholy glow all around him - which was entirely appropriate, because Julian was as seductive as mortal sin and as haughty as the devil." -- L. J. Smith
No mortal ear could have heard the kelpie passing through the night, for the great black hooves of it were as soundless in their stride as feathers falling." -- Mollie Hunter
Human scrambled around, totally oblivious to the hell that burned beneath them. They were like children, so addicted to their toys they'd probably never notice the mortal world collapsing." -- Cecily White
The body slows with mortal ache , yet my promise remains true at the closing of our days ,A tender touch that ends with a kisswill awaken love in joyous ways" -- Nicholas Sparks
Israelites, Christians and Muslims profess immortality, but the veneration they render this world proves they believe only in it, since they destine all other worlds, in infinite number, to be its reward or punishment." -- Jorge Luis Borges
For I realize today that it is a mortal sin to violate the great laws of nature. We should not hurry, we should not be impatient, but we should confidently obey the eternal rhythm." -- Nikos Kazantzakis
The Yogic scriptures say that God responds to the sacred prayers and efforts of human beings in any way whatsoever that mortals choose to worship - just so long as those prayers are sincere." -- Elizabeth Gilbert
This, this indeed is to be accursed, For if we mortals love, or if we sing, We count our joys not by what we have, But by what kept us from that perfect thing." -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
Mortals cannot perceive me with the physical eye whilst in my pure form unless it is of my choosing, for it would result in fatality, which leaves the question as to why you are an exception." -- Alecia Stone
Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying." -- Terry Pratchett
If your souls were not immortal, and you in danger of losing them, I would not thus speak unto you; but the love of your souls constrains me to speak: methinks this would constrain me to speak unto you forever." -- George Whitefield
Every trial that ever burdened a mortal man, every temptation that ever stormed a human heart, and every blessing that ever delighted a needy soul have been skillfully designed by the Creator for one purpose: to draw men to Himself." -- Jim Berg
...Who knows what death, anxiety of the living, Who knows what loneliness, end of the lovingI could say to myself of the love (I had): Let it not be immortal, since it is flame But let it be infinite while it lasts." -- Vinicius de Moraes
Everything science has taught me strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death. I believe in an immortal soul. Science has proved that nothing disintegrates into nothingness. Life and soul, therefore, cannot disintegrate into nothingness, and so are immortal." -- Werner Von Braun
Possibly, some cynic, at once merry and bitter, had desired to signify, in this pantomimic scene, that we mortals, whatever our business or amusement--however serious, however trifling--all dance to one identical tune, and, in spite of our ridiculous activity, bring nothing finally to pass." -- Nathaniel Hawthorne
To bestow on your fellow men is a Godlike attribute--So indeed it is and as such not one fit for mortality;--the giver, like Adam and Prometheus, must pay the penalty of rising above his nature by being the martyr of his own excellence." -- Mary Shelley
If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof, there must be a determined subordination of the whole nature to the one aim no trifling with time, which is passing, with strength which is only too limited." -- Beatrice Webb
We think of mortality so little these days...I thought of the stern Victorian determination to keep death in mind, the uncompromising tombstones.Remember, pilgrim, as you pass by,As you are now so once was I:As I am so will you be..." -- Tana French
Stop your bitching, Nick. You should try being an immortal demon who's lived since the dawn of time having to sit through this crap when English is not my native tongue, and if you think you're fluent in it, buddy, I actually know what a gerund is." -- Sherrilyn Kenyon
At a certain place in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, for example, he might feel that he is floating above the earth in a starry dome, with the dream of immortality in his heart; all the stars seem to glimmer around him, and the earth seems to sink ever deeper downwards." -- Friedrich Nietzsche
In death - no! even in the grave all is not lost. Else there is no immortality for man. Arousing from the most profound slumbers, we break the gossamer web of some dream. Yet in a second afterward, (so frail may that web have been) we remember not that we have dreamed." -- Edgar Allan Poe
She wonders when it was that she began to despair. All these years she mistook it for pious resignation. Now she sees the difference. Such a fine line between a state of grace and a state of mortal sin. What is the good of believing fervently in God if you wind up hating Him?" -- Ann Marie MacDonald
A man does not live for himself alone in this mortal body to work for it alone, but he lives also for all men on earth; rather, he lives only for others and not for himself. To this end he brings his body into subjection that he may the more sincerely and freely serve others." -- Martin Luther
You may wonder about long-term solutions. I assure you, there are none. All wounds are mortal. Take what's given. You sometimes get a little slack in the rope but the rope always has an end. So what? Bless the slack and don't waste your breath cursing the drop. A grateful heart knows that in the end we all swing." -- Stephen King
Tourism is a mortal sin. -- Werner Herzog
the only mortal sin is giving up. -- Stephen King
Drive-in, you guzzle gin, commit a little mortal sin. -- Jimmy Buffett
Waste of resources is a mortal sin at IKEA. -- Ingvar Kamprad
Despair is deadly sin, but worse, it is mortal folly. -- Ellis Peters
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God's eye does not slumber. He knows every sin that is hidden from mortal eye. -- Ellen G. White
God planteth in mortal men the cause of sin whensoever he wills utterly to destroy a house. -- Aeschylus
No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to damnation. -- James McGreevey
I have just committed the mortal sin of laughing in the Members' Library. No-one around here has done that for a while. -- Nadine Dorries
Greed is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things, -- Thomas Aquinas
I have seen a place-its name is Eternal Hatred It is built in the deepest abyss of the stones of mortal sin. Pride was the first stone-this was seen in Lucifer. -- Mechthild of Magdeburg
The soul cannot be humbled by fasts and prayer; it must be broken by mortal sin to experience forgiveness of sin and rise to a state of grace. Otherwise, religion is nothing but dead logic. -- Willa Cather

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