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Sin is a thing that writes itself across a man’s face. It cannot be concealed. People talk sometimes of secret vices. There are no such things. If a wretched man has a vice, it shows itself in the lines of his mouth, the droop of his eyelids, the moulding of his hands even.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), Chapter XIIIn context
To say that his conscience was clear would be inaccurate, for he did not have a conscience, but he had what was much better, an alibi…
P. G. Wodehouse1881–1975The Girl in Blue (1970)
- Comedy
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
W. B. Yeats1865–1939The Second Coming (1920)In context
- Character
- Good & Evil
The darkness drops again but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
W. B. Yeats1865–1939The Second Coming (1920)In context
- Good & Evil
- Religion
A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole.
Frank Zappa1940–1993The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989)
- Comedy
No guilt is forgotten so long as the conscience still knows of it.
Stefan Zweig1881–1942Beware of Pity (1939)