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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Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the public never sees anything. – Oscar Wilde

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One knows so well the popular idea of health. The English country gentleman galloping after a fox — the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable. – 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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Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket. – Horace Greeley

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

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Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one. – William Penn

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