Quote#Wisdom
Sin first is pleasing, then it grows easy, then delightful, then…
Quote byRobert Leighton · 1611–1684
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Forty Thousand Quotations (1917).
English (original)
Sin first is pleasing, then it grows easy, then delightful, then frequent, then habitual, then confirmed; then the man is impenitent, then he is obstinate, then he is resolved never to repent, and then he is ruined.
— Robert Leighton
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