“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.

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O maior pecado, depois do pecado, é a publicação do pecado.

"Quincas Borba" (1891), capítulo XXXII; veja (wikisource)
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