#hast

Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

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Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste but they detest at leisure. ↗

— George Byron

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I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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Sometimes I wonder why God ever trusts talent in the hands of women, they usually make such an infernal mess of it. I think He must do it as a sort of ghastly joke. ↗

— Willa Cather

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Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

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Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

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I am not against hasty marriages where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income. ↗

— Wilkie Collins

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