Unpardonable Sin

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

    “The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin.”
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    “No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    “I am a little world made cunningly
    Of elements, and an angelic sprite;
    But black sin hath betrayed to endless night
    My world’s both parts, and Oh! both parts must die.”
    —John Donne (1572–1631)