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Doris Lessing

"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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"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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"God hates sin not because he wants us to be good little boys and girls, but because he knows sin destroys that which he loves most: sinners."

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"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."

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"A man does not have to feel less than human to realize his sin; oppositely, he has to realize that he gets no special vindication for his sin."

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"Fear the sword of sin, it leads to death of the soul."

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"Sin compels man to do those things that are not pleasing to God."

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"Some people have the license to sin: Soldiers, to kill; politicians, writers, priests, businessmen, married man and women, to lie; and married couples to have sex."

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"The Sin against God's Law Resulted in the Fall of Man."

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"It's the fall of mankind that resulted in a sin filled atmosphere."

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"A fallen man is he who has lost the glory of God."

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"For a married woman to flirt is a sin."

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"It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction."
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"Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing."
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"Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for the work of chance!"
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"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."
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"Literature is analysis after the event."
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"Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel."
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"In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better."
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"If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air."
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"What is a hero without love for mankind."
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"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."
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