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Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Man
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Nov 07, 2020

My father was the church organist; the village curate was my mother's brother, a former monk from the order of Pijar, a very well-educated and ascetic man who loved nothing but solitude.

Quotes by Wladyslaw Reymont

Debilitating
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Nov 07, 2020

No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane.

Quotes by Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Love
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Nov 07, 2020

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly.

Quotes by Gustave Flaubert

Head
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Nov 07, 2020

Asceticism doesn't lie in ascetic robes or in walking staff nor in the ashes. Asceticism doesn't lie in the earring nor in the shaven head nor blowing a conch. Asceticism lies in remaining pure amidst impurities.

Quotes by Guru Nanak

Burial
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Nov 07, 2020

Asceticism doesn't lie in mere words; He is an ascetic who treats everyone alike. Asceticism doesn't lie in visiting burial places; it lies not in wandering about nor in bathing at places of pilgrimage. Asceticism is to remain pure amidst impurities.

Quotes by Guru Nanak

Night
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm a fairly ascetic person. And I do most of my writing at night. You don't get distracted, your brain goes into what you are writing about, into the world you're writing about, rather than into the world you're in.

Quotes by Caleb Carr

Deceives
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Nov 07, 2020

The student who deceives himself into thinking that he is giving his life like an ascetic in the spirit of sacrifice for art, is the victim of a deplorable species of egotism.

Quotes by Alma Gluck

Debilitating
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Nov 07, 2020

No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures. No ascetic can be considered reliably sane.

Quotes by A. J. Liebling

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