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It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He

It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his harvest. – Oscar Wilde

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There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. – Oscar Wilde

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Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes. – 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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Saintliness is also a temptation. – Jean Anouilh

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People who are born even-tempered, placid and untroubled — secure from violent passions or temptations to evil — those who have never needed to struggle all night with the Angel to emerge lame but victorious at dawn, never become great saints. – Eva Le Gallienne

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Saint. A dead sinner revised and edited. – Ambrose Bierce

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Saints are simply men and women who have fulfilled their natural obligation which is to approach God. – Evelyn Waugh

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