The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish poet, wit, dramatist
A Woman of No Importance, Act 3 [Lord Illingworth] (1894)
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See also Sohrab.

 
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  1. anonymous

    There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future. I am unable to find an extant copy of Sohrab’s book; despite his involvement with some of the early principals of the Baháʼí faith, he was eventually expelled from the group, and his writings, already marginally published, are…

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