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In the wicked there's no vice, Of which the saints have not a spice, And yet that thing that's pious in The one, in the other is a sin. Is it not ridiculous, and nonsense, A saint should be a slave to conscience? - Samuel Butler (1) But jest apart--what virtue canst thou trace In that broad trim that hides thy sober face? Does that long-skirted drab, that over-nice And formal clothing, prove a scorn of vice? Then for thine accent--what in sound can be So void of grace as dull monotony? - George Crabbe Sainthood is acceptable only in saints. - Pamela Hansford Johnson Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings. - George Orwell (pseudonym of Eric Blair) Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proven innocent. - George Orwell (pseudonym of Eric Blair) The worst of madmen is a saint run mad. - Alexander Pope
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