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The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves - V S Naipaul quote In Lies

The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.

– V. S. Naipaul

In a Free State. Chapter 5.

We are punished by our sins, not for them.

– Elbert Hubbard

With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished.”

– The Bible

Genesis 19:15

Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.

– Kin Hubbard

I can type in, say, ‘sex…fetish’. It takes a little while. There. Two thousand, two hundred and thirty matches. Just click on one, at random. ‘Dutch girls must be punished for having big boobs.’ Now, you don’t punish anyone, Dutch or otherwise, for having big boobs.

– Ricky Gervais

As David Brent, in The Office (UK).

Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.

– Ulysses S. Grant

One is punished by the very things by which he sins.

– Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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