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Quote by George Santayana
It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig. – George Santayana

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When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions their reasons are always different. – George Santayana

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By natures kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a mans power to answer do not occur to him at all. – George Santayana

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A saint addicted to excessive self-abnegation is a dangerous associate; he may infect you with poverty, and a stiffening of those joints which are needed for advancement — in a word, with more renunciation than you care for — and so you flee the contagion. – Victor Hugo

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Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent. – George Orwell

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People who are born even-tempered, placid and untroubled — secure from violent passions or temptations to evil — those who have never needed to struggle all night with the Angel to emerge lame but victorious at dawn, never become great saints. – Eva Le Gallienne

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Saints are simply men and women who have fulfilled their natural obligation which is to approach God. – Evelyn Waugh

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Americas political system has evolved over the last 50 years in ways that have enhanced the power of business lobbies. – Al Gore

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