Other related topics at: Religion and Morality Virtue and Vice 482. Sin; Volition "...no evil is insupportable but that which is accompanied with consciousness of wrong." Johnson: Rasselas [Princess Nekayah] Note: If you haven't read it yet, please read this note of caution regarding quotes from Rasselas. Link 1,827. Misery; Sin "Religion informs us that misery and sin were produced together. The depravation of human will was followed by a disorder of the harmony of nature; and by that Providence which often places antidotes in the neighborhood of poisons, vice was checked by misery, lest it should swell to universal and unlimited dominion." Johnson: Idler #89 (December 29, 1759) Link