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Nothing can be more puritanical in application than the virtues.
Muriel Spark
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Muriel Spark
Age: 88 †
Born: 1918
Born: February 1
Died: 2006
Died: April 13
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Muriel Sarah Camberg
Dame Muriel Sarah Spark
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It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.
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Jealousy ... is an affliction of the spirit which, unlike some sins of the flesh, gives no one any pleasure.
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It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.
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The words of the double-tongued are as if they were harmless, but they reach even to the inner part of the bowels. Praise be to the Lord, who distinguishes our cause and delivers us from the unjust and deceitful man.
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These years are still the years of my prime. It is important to recognise the years of one's prime, always remember that.
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Allow me, in conclusion, to congratulate you warmly upon your sexual intercourse, as well as your singing.
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Let us run up debts. One is nobody without debts.
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Death, when it approaches, ought not to take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life. Without an ever-present sense of death life is insipid.
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