Vladimir Nabokov Quotes

All the seven deadly sins are peccadilloes but without three of them, Pride, Lust, and Sloth, poetry might never have been born.

Vladimir Nabokov

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  Vladimir Nabokov
  • Pride
  • Sin
  • Lust