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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The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it. – Oscar Wilde

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The community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurrence of crime. – Oscar Wilde

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

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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity. – Natalie Clifford Barney

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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. – Saint Augustine of Hippo

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With renunciation life begins. – Amelia E. Barr

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