A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
罪
Sin
Form a limb that started sinning, all the troubles began.
从一个开始犯罪的肢体开始,所有的麻烦都开始了。
Priests have to have the right to say that a sin is a sin.
祭司有权利说罪就是罪。
If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.
如果贪图荣誉是一种罪过,那么我就是最可恶的灵魂。
I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy.
我喜欢“懒惰”这个词。这让我的懒惰看起来很有品位。
Just because one is born in sin is no reason to brag about it.
因为一个人生在罪里,就没有理由自夸。
You make a deal. You figure out how much sin you can live with.
你做个交易。你算出你能忍受多少罪。
It's not the sin that maddens a person but the desire to do it.
使人发疯的不是罪,而是犯罪的欲望。
For the sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by one.
他们所犯的罪是两人一罪,两人一罪,他们必须一个一个地偿还。
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
罪有许多工具,但谎言是一把适合所有工具的柄。
Whoever has not tasted sinfulness does not qualify for holiness.
凡未曾尝过罪的,就不配称为圣。
Flee from sin as from a snake; if you go near it, it will bite you.
要像躲避蛇一样躲避罪恶;如果你走近它,它会咬你。
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.
魔鬼也咧嘴一笑,因为他可爱的罪是骄傲,是人猿的谦逊。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it.
你凭什么定别人的罪呢?谁定了罪,谁就成为罪的一部分,谁就拥护罪。
As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.
没有哪条路比刚刚修好的路更坎坷,也没有哪位罪人比刚刚变成圣人的人更不宽容。
The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all other activities of the human spirit could be left to take care of themselves.
唯一的罪恶是丑陋,如果我们全心相信这一点,人类精神的所有其他活动都可以自行解决。
Remorse is the pain of sin.
悔恨是罪恶的痛苦。
Not failure, but low aim is sin.
不是失败,而是低目标是罪恶。
Pleasure’s a sin, and sometimes sin is a pleasure.
快乐是一种罪,有时罪也是一种快乐。