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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Here's an oldie but a goodie for QOTD:

Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.

-Lazarus Long (RAH)

Yeah.

That is all.

Alan said...: Dammit.

Now I have to take another look at my list and make sure they really need hurting.; June 9, 2011 at 2:26 PM
Jay G said...: Key word being "unnecessarily". Remember that...; June 9, 2011 at 2:32 PM
Mark Alger said...: Um... Are you sure that was Lazarus? I've been thinking it was Jubal. Could be wrong, tho'...

M; June 9, 2011 at 4:29 PM
Bubblehead Les. said...: Yep, it's Lazarus Long. Page 352 in my Ace 1988 Edition of "Time Enough for Love," the Paperback Reprint of G.P. Putnam's 1973 original Hardcover Printing. However, the full quote is: "Sin lies in only hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not sinful-just stupid).

Hope this helps.; June 9, 2011 at 6:30 PM
WW Paul said...: I like mine better: Sin is knowing and doing it anyways.; June 9, 2011 at 6:59 PM
WW Paul said...: Let me try again. Sin is knowing better and doing it anyways.; June 9, 2011 at 7:01 PM
Old NFO said...: Good one :-); June 9, 2011 at 7:38 PM
greg said...: Well, obviously I can get behind any quote by RAH as a quote of the day...very quotable gentleman.

My wife and I constantly use his definition of love(The happiness of another person being essential to your own happiness) to describe our marriage.; June 10, 2011 at 1:21 AM
Tommy said...: I always preferred " Be wary of strong drink, it can cause you to shoot at tax collectors and miss."
:-D; June 10, 2011 at 7:54 PM