Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882–1967) Prime Minister of Iran
Defending himself against a treason charge, on 19 December, 1953
Source: Clockwork Prince
Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882–1967) Prime Minister of Iran
Defending himself against a treason charge, on 19 December, 1953
“If pride is a sin… moral pride is the greatest sin.”
John Irving book The Cider House Rules
Source: The Cider House Rules
“The greatest sin, after the initial sin, is its publication.”
Machado de Assis book Quincas Borba
O maior pecado, depois do pecado, é a publicação do pecado.
Quincas Borba (1891) ch. 32; Clotilde Wilson (trans.) Philosopher or Dog? (New York: Noonday Press, 1954) p. 41.
John Updike (1932–2009) American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic
"Everybody says it. The church, the government. It's against Nature, to give up, you've got to keep moving. That's the thing about you. You're not moving. You don't want to be here, selling old man Springer's jalopies. You want to be out there, learning something." He gestures toward the west. "How to hang glide, or run a computer, or whatever."
Rabbit is Rich (1981)
“Ugliness is the greatest of all sins.”
Isaac Leib Peretz (1852–1915) Yiddish language author and playwright
Quoted by M. Samuel, Prince of the Ghetto, 146.
“Lying is the greatest of all sins.”
Alfred Nobel (1833–1896) Swedish chemist, innovator, and armaments manufacturer
“The greatest sin is to think yourself weak”
Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher
Source: Pearls of Wisdom
“Perhaps the greatest sin in the world today is that men have begun to lose the sense of sin.”
Pope Pius XII (1876–1958) 260th Pope of the Catholic Church
Radio Message of His Holiness Pius XII to Participants in the National Catechetical Congress of the United States in Boston https://w2.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/en/speeches/1946/documents/hf_p-xii_spe_19461026_congresso-catechistico-naz.html, from Castel Gandolfo on Saturday, 26 October 1946
“To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.”
Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor