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How deep a
wound to morals and social purity has that accursed article
of the celibacy of the clergy been! Even the best and most
enlightened men in Romanist countries attach a notion of
impurity to the marriage of a clergyman. And can such a
feeling be without its effect on the estimation of the
wedded life in general? Impossible! and the morals of both
sexes in Spain, Italy, France, and. prove it abundantly.
-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1772-1834, British Poet,
Critic, Philosopher
I think that
one of the qualifications of artists should be a vow of
celibacy. They should be confined to ruining only their own
lives.
-- Roger Lewis
Author
Marriage may
often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a
muddy horse pond.
-- Thomas Love Peacock
1785-1866, British Author
Celibacy is
not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring
a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty.
-- Timothy Radcliffe
A celibate,
like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual
sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in
singularity.
-- Jeremy Taylor
1613-1667, British Churchman,
Writer
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