Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it. (Reinhold Niebuhr)

Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.

Reinhold Niebuhr

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