Quote by Evelyn Waugh
Saints are simply men and women who have fulfilled their natural o

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

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The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish. – Evelyn Waugh

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

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

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