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Quote by Oscar Wilde
Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianit

Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity. – Oscar Wilde

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Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects. – Oscar Wilde

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A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. – Oscar Wilde

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A fast word about oral contraception. I asked a girl to go to bed with me, she said no. – Woody Allen

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Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly. – George Eliot

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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain. – Epictetus

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Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderated use rather than total abstinence. – Samuel Butler

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Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen. – Leonardo DaVinci

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Silence is exhilarating at first – as noise is – but there is a sweetness to silence outlasting exhilaration, akin to the sweetness of listening and the velvet of sleep. – Edward Hoagland

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