Sin Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old sin quotes, sin sayings, and sin proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end. Anonymous
There is no sinner like a young saint. Aphra Behn
The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even more, one's own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being. Katherine Anne Porter
I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will. Joan of Arc
God is not against us because of our sin. He is with us against our sin. Anonymous
We cannot well do without our sins; they are the highway of our virtue. Henry David Thoreau
To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business. Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
The only sin is the sin of being born. Samuel Beckett
Sin always wounds the sinner. Caryll Houselander
A sin is something which is not necessary. G. I. Gurdjieff
She feared no danger, for she knew no sin. John Dryden
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all. Anonymous
If it were not for sin, we should converse together as angels do. Benjamin Whichcote
One great power of sin is that it blinds men so that they do not recognize its true character. Andrew Murray
Sin is whatever obscures the soul. Andre Gide
There is no sin except stupidity. Oscar Wilde
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. William Shakespeare
Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure. Lord Byron
To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men. Ella Wheeler Wilcox