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They that seldom take pleasure seldom give pleasure.
Fulke Greville (1554-1628) 1st Baron Brooke; Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman
Maxims, Characters, and Reflections (1756)
Added on 24-Apr-15 | Last updated 24-Apr-15
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Topics: dour, entertainment, harsh, joy, joyless, pleasure, prude, Puritan, stern, stoic, stuffy, workaholic
More quotes by Greville, Fulke From silly devotions and sad-faced saints, O Lord, deliver me.
Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582) Spanish mystic, poet, philosopher, saint
(Attributed)
Variant: "God, deliver me from sullen saints."
Added on 1-Feb-04 | Last updated 28-Oct-15
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Topics: Christianity, joyless, morose, religion, sadness, saint, sorrow
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