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не согрешишь — не покаешься

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Etymology

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Literally, if you don’t sin, you can’t repent.

Proverb

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не согреши́шьне пока́ешься (ne sogrešíšʹ — ne pokáješʹsja)

  1. it may sometimes be acceptable to sin, as long as you repent for it