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William Shakespeare Quotes about Sin

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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

William Shakespeare
Fall, Memorable, Sin
1603 Escalus. Measure for Measure, act 2, sc.1, l.38.

It is a sin to be a mocker.

William Shakespeare
Sin, Burlesque
William Shakespeare (1750). “The Merchant of Venice”, p.11

Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.

William Shakespeare
Love, Temptation, Sin
'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 2, sc. 2, l. 180

The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?

William Shakespeare
Sin, Measure For Measure, Tempted
'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 2, sc. 2, l. 162

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

William Shakespeare
Memorable, Sin, Mercy
'Timon Of Athens' act 3, sc. 5, l. 3

Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail, And say there is no sin but to be rich; And being rich, my virtue then shall be To say there is no vice but beggary

William Shakespeare
Vices, Poverty, Sin
'King John' (1591-8) act 2, sc. 1, l. 593

Sin, that amends, is but patched with virtue.

William Shakespeare
Sin, Virtue, Amends
'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. [52]

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

William Shakespeare
Sin, Oath, Swear
1592 Salisbury to Henry. Henry VI PartTwo, act 5, sc.1, l.180-1.

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

William Shakespeare
Desire, Sin, Covetousness
William Shakespeare (1752). “The Works of Shakespeare”, p.166

Self-love is the most inhibited sin in the canon.

William Shakespeare
Love Is, Self, Sin

I am a man more sinned against than sinning

William Shakespeare
Kings, Men, Sin
'King Lear' (1605-6) act 3, sc. 2, l. [57]

By that sin fell the angels.

William Shakespeare
Angel, Sin
'Henry VIII' (1613) act 3, sc. 2, l. 441

Tis no sin for a man to labor in his vocation.

William Shakespeare
Men, Sin, Vocation
Ray Leslee, William Shakespeare, Kenneth Welsh (1998). “Standup Shakespeare”, p.11, Dramatists Play Service Inc

Virtue that transgresses is but patched with sin; and sin that amends is but patched with virtue.

William Shakespeare
Sin, Virtue, Amends
'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. [52]

Sin will pluck on sin.

William Shakespeare
Sin, Pluck
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes”, p.437

One sin another doth provoke.

William Shakespeare
Sin, Provoking
William Shakespeare (1812). “Aphorisms from Shakespeare”

To kill, I grant, is sin's extremest gust; But, in defence, by mercy, 'tis most just.

William Shakespeare
Sin, Mercy, Defence
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, George Steevens, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson (1809). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.385

When devils will the blackest sins put on They do suggest at first with heavenly shows

William Shakespeare
Devil, Firsts, Sin
William Shakespeare (1996). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.833, Wordsworth Editions

I'll read enough When I do see the very book indeed Where all my sins are writ, and that's myself.

William Shakespeare
Book, Reading, Sin
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.136

Give me my sin again.

William Shakespeare
Giving, Sin, Give Me
William Shakespeare (1853). “Romeo and Juliet ...”, p.46

Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate, Hate of my sin, grounded on sinful loving.

William Shakespeare
Hate, Love Is, Sin
William Shakespeare (1804). “Poems by William Shakespeare”, p.226

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