"Celibacy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... by this minister. It was enacted in the parliament of 1539: a vast number of persons were soon after imprisoned for transgressing it; and Cranmer himself was compelled, by the clause which ordained the celibacy of the clergy, ...
— Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth • Lucy Aikin
... lord, admitted that it is better to marry than burn," said the Pringle misdemeanant, "and here was I, my lord, married and still burning!" and, "I think you would find, my lord, considering all Charlotte's peculiarities, that the situation was really much more trying than the absolute celibacy St. ...
— Soul of a Bishop • H. G. Wells
... adoption. Estranged, generally speaking, to the professional life, or at least, acting in it only a secondary role, she scarcely gives it a serious thought; she can therefore give all due deliberation to her choice between marriage and celibacy. ...
— Serious Hours of a Young Lady • Charles Sainte-Foi
... European monks. They live in monasteries, dress in yellow, go barefoot, their heads and beards being shaved; they have constant services in their chapels, chanting, incense, and candles; erect monuments and temples over the relics of holy men. They place an especial merit in celibacy; renounce all the pleasures of sense; eat in one hall; receive alms. To do these things is incident to a certain ...
— History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) - Revised Edition • John William Draper
... race? If we admit that celibacy is better and nobler than marriage, evidently the human race will come to an end. But, if the logical conclusion of the argument is that the human race will become extinct, ...
— The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories • Leo Tolstoy
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