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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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Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected. – Oscar Wilde

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The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation. – Oscar Wilde

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

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

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Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. – Ambrose Bierce

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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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