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• They may seize On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand And steal immortal blessing from her lips, Who, even in pure and vestal modesty, Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Romeo and Juliet -- Act iii, Sc. 3...
• Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall.
• Virtue is its own reward, but then so is sin!
• He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it may be a sai
  that boasteth of it is a devil. -- Fulle...
• She balanced dignity on the tip of her nose.
• But sad as angels for the good man's sin, Weep to record, and blush to give it in.
  -- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) -- Pleasures of Hope, Part ii, Line 357...
• O shame! where is thy blush? Rebellious hell, If thou canst mutine in a matron's bones, To flaming youth let virtue be as wax, And melt in her own fire
  proclaim no shame When the compulsive ardour gives the charge, Since frost itself as actively doth burn, And reason panders will....
• When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty. -- Gregory I