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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It is only by not paying ones bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes. – Oscar Wilde

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

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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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Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket. – Horace Greeley

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

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This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love. – Peace Pilgrim

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You need a village, if only for the pleasure of leaving it. A village means that you are not alone, knowing that in the people, the trees, the earth, there is something that belongs to you, waiting for you when you are not there. – Casare Pavese

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From the beginning, there have been some religious leaders who greeted the funding of faith-based social services by government with ambivalence. – Tony Campolo

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I am against government by crony. – Harold L. Ickes

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