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"There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best."
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"The selfishness of humanity is rooted in the self-destructive nature of man through sin. Romans 6:23"

"Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or bad."

"God is so omnipotent yet man so impotent, the Divine masterpiece was not even in creating the universe, but in making sin boring to sinners."

"With great diligent, pursue your dreams."

"I have come to the conclusion that none of us in our generation feels as guilty about sin as we should or as our forefathers did."
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"Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it."
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"It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction."

"What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better."

"That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way."

"For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying."

"This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there's a layer of people who run everything. But we - we're just peasants. We don't understand what's going on, and we can't do anything."

"It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important."

"Women are the cowards they are because they have been semi-slaves for so long. The number of women prepared to stand up for what they really think feel experience with a man they are in love with is still very small."
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