• To gain victory over the flesh was the purpose of fasting and celibacy, which denied the pleasures of this world for the sake of reward in the next.

  Barbara W. Tuchman
  American historian 1912-1989
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. pleasures
2. purpose
3. fasting
4. denied
5. reward

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To gain victory over the flesh was the purpose of fasting and celibacy, which denied the pleasures of this world for the sake of reward in the next. by : Barbara W. Tuchman

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