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There are two main human sins from which all the others derive: impatience and indolence. it was because of impatience that they were expelled from paradise; it is because of indolence that they do not return. yet perhaps there is only one major sin: impatience. because of impatience they were expelled, because of impatience they do not return.
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There Are Two Main Human Sins From

Franz Kafka
There are two main human sins from which all the others derive: impatience and indolence. it was because of impatience that they were expelled from paradise; it is because of indolence that they do not return. yet perhaps there is only one major sin: impatience. because of impatience they were expelled, because of impatience they do not return.
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