“Some rise by sin, and some by virtues fall.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet
“Well, heaven forgive him! and forgive us all!
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from brakes of ice, and answer none:
And some condemned for a fault alone.”
Source: Measure for Measure
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Sunt delicta tamen quibus ignovisse velimus.
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