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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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Happiness is the only sanction of life where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment. – George Santayana

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Born a saint, die a sinner — born a sinner, die a saint. – Doug Horton

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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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It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his harvest. – Oscar Wilde

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The true saint goes in and out amongst the people and eats and sleeps with them and buys and sells in the market and marries and takes part in social intercourse, and never forgets God for a single moments. – Abu Said

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