Quotes with celibacy

  • It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin.

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  • Camille Paglia Here's a lot to be said for celibacy, for the concentration of your mental and physical energy.
    Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Henry Louis Mencken It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Samuel Johnson Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Thomas Love Peacock Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond.
    Thomas Love Peacock
    English novelist, poet, and official (1785 - 1866)
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman 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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