“Lying is the greatest of all sins.”
Alfred Nobel (1833–1896) Swedish chemist, innovator, and armaments manufacturer
“Ugliness is the greatest of all sins.”
Quoted by M. Samuel, Prince of the Ghetto, 146.
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