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About this quote

What does it mean?
Describes a scandal about a woman living with another man, unknown to others.
In plain terms
Talks about a woman's secret relationship.
What can you take from it?
Gossip spreads about private lives.

Where it applies

  • news
  • storytelling

Putting it to work

  • tracking rumors
  • studying social norms

Questions to consider

  • Why do we judge others' lives?
  • What defines sin?

Another view

Mentioning 'sin' implies moral judgment.

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