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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Sin

Sin is like a mountain with two aspects according to whether it is viewed before or after it has been reached: yet both aspects are real.
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

Sins are like circles in the water when a stone is thrown into it—one produces another.
—Matthew Henry