James Joyce, 1916
Penguin, 1996
p 152
He, the great omnipotent God could not do so [allow a single venial sin to pass unpunished] because sin, be it in thought or deed, is a transgression of His law and God would not be God if He did not punish the transgressor.
p 237
Aquinas, said Stephen, says that is beautiful the apprehension of which pleases.