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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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"The selfishness of humanity is rooted in the self-destructive nature of man through sin. Romans 6:23"

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"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."

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

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"With great diligent, pursue your dreams."

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"Preachers denounce sin as if it was available to everyone."

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"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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"I am a man More sinn'd against than sinning."

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"Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time."
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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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"That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way."
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"For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying."
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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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"It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important."
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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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"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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