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A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency. – Miguel de Cervantes

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He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone. – Bible

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Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a blame to any people. – Bible

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True Civilization does not lie in gas, nor in steam, nor in turn-tables. It lies in the reduction of the traces of original sin. – Charles Baudelaire

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There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787. It is the work of men who believed in original sin, and were resolved to leave open for transgressors no door which they could possibly shut. – James Bryce

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