From The Aleph and Other Stories (2004):
He was very religious; he believed that he had a secret pact with God which exempted him from doing good in exchange for prayers and piety.
From Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986), Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, The Aleph and Other Stories (2004):
He was very religious; he believed that he had a secret pact with God which exempted him from doing good in exchange for prayers and piety.