To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. To live without s…

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To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. To live without sin is the dream of an angel. Everything terrestrial is subject to sin. Sin is a gravitation. ✨ Victor Hugo (1994). Les Miserables Volume One, p.11, Wordsworth Editions
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To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. To live without sin is the dream of an angel. Everything terrestrial is subject to sin. Sin is a gravitation. ✨ Victor Hugo (1994). Les Miserables Volume One, p.11, Wordsworth Editions

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