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“It is common knowledge to every schoolboy and even every Bachelor of Arts,
That all sin is divided into two parts.
One kind of sin is called a sin of commission, and that is very important
And it is what you are doing when you are doing something you oughtn't…”

"Portrait of the Artist as a Prematurely Old Man" in The Family Album of Favorite Poems (1959) edited by P. Edward Ernest

“The moral is that it is probably better not to sin at all, but if
some kind of sin you must be pursuing,
Well, remember to do it by doing rather than by not doing.”

"Portrait of the Artist as a Prematurely Old Man" (1959)

“When smut's to be smitten
Smoot will smite
For G-d, for country,
And Fahrenheit.”

Smoot Smites Smut

“Purity
Is obscurity.”

"Reflection On A Wicked World"
Many Long Years Ago (1945)

“Some people, and it doesn't matter whether they are paupers or millionaires,
Think that anything they have is the best in the world just because it is theirs.”

Versus (1949), Possessions are Nine Points of Conversation