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Christianity has done a great deal for love by making it a sin.

— Anatole France

Le christianisme a beaucoup fait pour l’amour en en faisant un péché.

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Le Jardin d'Épicure [The Garden of Epicurus] (1894)

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Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.

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