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Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business.”

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Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer and thinker, a prominent representative of 19th-century Russian literature. His works deeply revealed social contradictions and human nature, and had a profound impact on the world. more

“What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colorless. By its curiosity Sin increases the experience of the race. Through its intensified assertion of individualism it saves us from monotony of type. In its rejection of the current notions about morality, it is one with the higher ethics.”

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Book:Intentions

Source: Intentions

“The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of purification. Nothing remains then but the recollection of a pleasure, or the luxury of a regret.”

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Book:The Picture of Dorian Gray (Diversion Classics)

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray (Diversion Classics)

“Few love to hear the sins they love to act.”

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Author:William Shakespeare

“A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.”

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Author:Seneca the Younger

“It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.”

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Author:Seneca the Younger

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