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title: "3 Special Sin Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“I wonder if it's a special sin to lie to a nun”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cormier/i-wonder-if-it-s-a-special-sin-to-lie-to-a-nun/)

[Robert Cormier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cormier/)

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> [But have you never noticed that when one has been trying to do something really good one is much nearer committing some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-jewsbury/but-have-you-never-noticed-that-when-one-has-been-trying-to-do/)

[Geraldine Jewsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-jewsbury/)

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> [It would seem that the ingratitude, whereby a subsequent sin causes the return of sins previously forgiven, is a special sin. For,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/it-would-seem-that-the-ingratitude-whereby-a-subsequent-sin-causes/)

[Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/)

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