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Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.—Bible, Psalms 116:15
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Every saint, as every man, comes one day to be superfluous.—EMERSON, Journals
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A saint is a sceptic once in every twenty-four hours.—EMERSON, Journals
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I don't like your way of conditioning and contracting with the saints. Do this and I'll do that! Here's one for t'other. Save me and I'll give you a taper or go on a pilgrimage.—ERASMUS, The Shipwreck
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Those Saints, which God loves best,
The Devil tempts not least.—ROBERT HERRICK, Temptation
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The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.—HORACE
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The way of this world is to praise dead saints and persecute living ones.—NATHANIEL HOWE
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'Twould a saint provoke.—POPE, Moral Essays
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When it pleaseth not God, the saint can do little.—Proverb
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All are not saints that go to church.—Proverb
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The saint who works no miracles has few pilgrims.—Proverb
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A young Saint an old Devil, (mark this, an old saying, and as true a one, as a young Whore an old Saint).—RABELAIS
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It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig.—SANTAYANA
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O cunning enemy, that, to catch a saint,
With saints, dost bait thy hook!—SHAKESPEARE, Measure for Measure
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A saint may be defined as a person of heroic virtue whose private judgment is privileged.—BERNARD SHAW, Saint Joan
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The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.—OSCAR WILDE, A Woman of No Importance
