What shall we say then? is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, you shall not covet.
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Clement Of Alexandria
AD 215
Sed peccatum non cognovi, nisi per legem. Concupiscent am enim non cognovissem, nisi lex diceret: Non concupisces."