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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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Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude is, in one sense, overcome. – George Santayana

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Saint. A dead sinner revised and edited. – Ambrose Bierce

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

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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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