I grew up thinking there was one unpardonable sin – to be boring.
'What is the Unpardonable Sin' asked the lime-burner 'It is a sin that grew within my own breast', replied Ethan Brand 'The sin of an intellect that triumphed over the sense of brotherhood with man and reverence for God'.
cruelty is the only thing that strikes me as completely unforgivable. The unpardonable sin.
All who call the Holy Ghost a creature we pity, on the ground that, by this utterance, they are falling into the unpardonable sin of blasphemy against Him.
God will not be mocked.
To misuse one's talent, to be cavalier about it, to set it aside because of fear or sloth is unpardonable.
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.
I do not know of any, excepting the unpardonable sin, that is greater than the sin of ingratitude.
... a mortal sin.
there is only one unpardonable sin--deliberate cruelty. All else can be forgiven.
Forgiveness is the one unpardonable sin.
Cowardice in a race, as in an individual, is the unpardonable sin.
The sin which is unpardonable is knowingly and wilfully to reject truth, to fear knowledge lest that knowledge pander not to thy prejudices.
I am not sure just what the unpardonable sin is, but I believe it is a disposition to evade the payment of small bills.
