celibacy quotes

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

- Samuel known as Dr Johnson Johnson
  Rasselas, ch.26.

When the parish priest rebuked him for his celibacy, saying it would lead him into debaucheryand sin, hesaid that a man who had to be muzzled bya wife as a protection against debauchery was not worthy of the joy of innocence. After that people began to treat him with priestly respect.

- Liam O'Flaherty
'The Mermaid'.

Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horsepond.

-Thomas Love Peacock
  Melincourt, ch.7.

There is a line between sexualityand promiscuity, and the line is closer to celibacy than not.

- BettyJane Wylie
  All in the Family: A Survival Guide for Living and Loving in a ChangingWorld.