Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that sin is fundamentally short-sighted and cannot recognize the broader consequences of its actions.
Alfred Lord Tennyson's quote implies that sin is a self-centered and foolish act that lacks the ability to perceive the greater implications of its existence. This self-absorption prevents a full understanding of how actions can lead to wider moral or existential consequences, highlighting the inherent blindness of immoral behavior.
In practice
During a talk on ethics, one could use this quote to emphasize the foolishness of selfish actions.
Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For though from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.
How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among his boys, Whose youth was full of foolish noise.
O Love! what hours were thine and mine, In lands of palm and southern pine; In lands of palm, of orange-blossom, Of olive, aloe, and maize and vine!
Earth is dry to the centre,_x000D_ But spring, a new comer,_x000D_ A spring rich and strange,_x000D_ Shall make the winds blow_x000D_ Round and round,_x000D_ Thro' and thro',_x000D_ Here and there,_x000D_ Till the air_x000D_ And the ground_x000D_ Shall be fill'd with life anew.
O love, O fire! once he drew With one long kiss my whole soul through My lips, as sunlight drinketh dew.
But thy strong Hours indignant work’d their wills, And beat me down and marr’d and wasted me, And tho’ they could not end me, left me maim’d To dwell in presence of immortal youth, Immortal age beside immortal youth, And all I was, in ashes. - Tithonus
By writing her self, woman will return to the body which has been more than confiscated from her, which has been turned into the uncanny stranger on display - the ailing or dead figure, which so often turns out to be the nasty companion, the cause and location of inhibitions. Censor the body and you censor breath and speech at the same time. _x000D_ Write your self. Your body must be heard. Only then will the immense resources of the unconscious spring forth.
There exists a world. In terms of probability this borders on the impossible. It would have been far more likely if, by chance, there was nothing at all. Then, at least, no one would have began asking why there was nothing.
It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.
We judge a horse not only by its pace on a racecourse, but also by its walk, nay, when resting in its stable.
There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
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