Unpardonable Sin

Famous quotes containing the words unpardonable sin, unpardonable and/or sin:

“To have a place full of delights and nothing but delights, which one does not have to explain and defend to people who have ideas unsympathetic to one, it is to economize the forces which keep one from ending like the wisteria, from committing the unpardonable sin of doing things with difficulty.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)

“The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.”
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940)

“Through our sunless lanes creeps Poverty with her hungry eyes, and Sin with his sodden face follows close behind her. Misery wakes us in the morning and Shame sits with us at night.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)